[Federal Register: July 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 131)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,011]

 
B. Walter and Company, Wabash, IN; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By application dated May 26, 2008, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (TAA), applicable to workers and former workers of the 
subject firm.
    The initial investigation initiated on March 17, 2008, resulted in 
a negative determination issued on May 15, 2008, was based on the 
finding that imports of metal stampings did not contribute importantly 
to worker separations at the subject firm and no shift of production to 
a foreign source occurred. The denial notice was published in the 
Federal Register on May 29, 2008 (73 FR 30978).
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided new 
information regarding a customer of the subject firm, which was 
recently certified eligible for TAA.
    Upon further investigation it was determined that B. Walter and 
Company, Wabash, Indiana supplied metal stampings that were used in the 
production of wooden furniture, and a loss of business with domestic 
manufacturers (whose workers were certified eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance) contributed importantly to the workers 
separation or threat of separation. The parts supplied were related to 
the articles that were the basis of certification.
    In accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as

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amended, the Department herein presents the results of its 
investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of Section 246 of 
the Trade Act, as amended, must be met. The Department has determined 
in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I determine that workers of B. Walter and Company, 
Wabash, Indiana qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under 
Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of B. Walter and Company, Wabash, Indiana, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
March 10, 2007, through two years from the date of this 
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply 
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 24th day of June 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E8-15340 Filed 7-3-08; 8:45 am]

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