[Federal Register: April 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 81)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,875]

 
Bolton Metal Products Company, Bellefonte, PA; Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated April 11, 2008, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) applicable to workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The determination was issued on 
March 19, 2008. The Notice of determination will soon be published in 
the Federal Register.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of brass rod, wire, and low melt 
alloys did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the 
subject firm and no shift of production to a foreign source occurred.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
additional information regarding the subject firm's customers and 
requested the Department of Labor conduct further investigation to 
determine whether workers of the subject firm are eligible for TAA on 
the basis of the secondary impact.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the requests for 
reconsideration and the existing record and has determined that the 
Department will conduct further investigation to determine if the 
workers meet the eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S. 
Department of Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, 
granted.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of April 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-9100 Filed 4-24-08; 8:45 am]

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