[Federal Register: September 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 175)]
[Notices]               
[Page 51846]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-61,866]

 
STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, TX; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration of Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance

    By letter dated August 15, 2007, a company official of 
STMicroelectronics, Inc. requested administrative reconsideration 
regarding Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) applicable to 
workers of the subject firm. The negative determination was signed on 
August 1, 2007, and was published in the Federal Register on August 14, 
2007 (72 FR 45451).
    The workers of STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, Texas were 
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) on 
August 1, 2007.
    The initial ATAA investigation determined that conditions within 
the industry are not adverse.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
sufficient information confirming that employment related to computer 
and electronic product manufacturing in the state of Texas has declined 
in the relevant time period and that the employment in semiconductor 
manufacturing is projected to decrease in the local economy.
    Additional investigation has determined that the workers possess 
skills that are not easily transferable and that the conditions within 
the industry are adverse. A significant number or proportion of the 
worker group is age fifty years or over.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers at the subject 
firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
revised determination:

    All workers of STMicroelectronics, Inc., Carrollton, Texas, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
July 23, 2006 through August 1, 2009, are eligible to apply for 
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 5th day of September, 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E7-17887 Filed 9-10-07; 8:45 am]

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