[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65516-65517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26902]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-72,971]


ASC Machine Tools, Inc., Spokane Valley, WA; Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated September 21, 2010, a representative of the 
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW), 
District Lodge 751, requested administrative reconsideration of the 
negative determination regarding workers' eligibility to apply for 
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers and former 
workers of ASC Machine Tools, Inc., Spokane Valley, Washington (the 
subject firm). The Notice of negative determination was issued on 
August 11, 2010 and published in the Federal Register on August 30, 
2010 (75 FR 52986). The workers produce custom-order metal cutting 
machinery used to form and cut metal, including assembled equipment, 
component parts of equipment, and spare parts.
    The negative determination was based on the findings that the 
subject firm sales decline was due to loss of export sales of foreign 
customers' bids to competitors outside the United States. The initial 
investigation also revealed decreased aggregate imports of metal 
cutting equipment during the relevant period and that the subject firm 
is not a supplier or downstream producer for any firm that employed a 
worker group eligible to apply for TAA.
    The union official, in the request for reconsideration, alleges 
increased imports from Sen Fung Rollform Machinery Corporation in 
Taiwan and Metform International in Canada. The union official also 
articulates the concern that ``the affected workers are being penalized 
due to the inconsistent customer base of the company'' and requests 
that aggregate import data during 2007 and 2008 be considered.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request 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, 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

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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. 2010-26902 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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