[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65514-65515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26895]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-70,110]


Columbia Forest Products, Inc., Presque Isle Division, Presque 
Isle, ME; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for 
Reconsideration

    By application dated February 16, 2010, workers requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
applicable to workers and former workers of the subject firm. The 
determination was issued on January 25, 2010, and the Notice of 
Determination was published in the Federal Register on March 5, 2010 
(75 FR 10323). The workers produce hardwood veneer.
    The negative determination was based on the findings that, during 
the relevant period, there was no increase in imports of articles like 
or directly competitive with the hardwood veneer produced by the 
subject firm, and no shift to/acquisition from a foreign country by the 
subject firm of articles like or directly competitive with hardwood 
veneer. The investigation also revealed that the subject firm did not 
supply a component part to a firm that employed a worker group eligible 
to apply for TAA and directly incorporated the component part into the 
finished article that was the basis for the TAA certification.
    The request for reconsideration asserts that the Department has 
misinterpreted the statute to the detriment of the petitioning workers. 
Specifically, the workers allege ``the Trade Act does not just look at 
whether the subject firm increased imports, but that imports increased 
in general.'' In support of the request for reconsideration, the 
workers provided various articles regarding increased imports of like 
or directly competitive articles from China, Canada, and other 
countries.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and the existing record, and has determined that the 
Department will

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conduct further investigation to determine if the workers meet the 
eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

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 7th day of October 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-26895 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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