[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7584-7585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2965]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-72,953]


Matthews International Corporation, Bronze Division, Kingwood, 
WV; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for 
Reconsideration

    By application dated July 15, 2010, by a state workforce official 
requested administrative reconsideration of the negative determination 
regarding workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 
(TAA) applicable to workers and former workers of Matthews 
International Corporation, Bronze Division, Kingwood, West Virginia 
(subject firm). The negative determination was issued on June 1, 2010. 
The Department's Notice of Determination was published in the Federal 
Register on June 16, 2010 (75 FR 34177). The workers are engaged in 
activities related to the production of bronze burial markers and 
memorial products.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied new 
information regarding an alleged shift in production to Mexico and 
increased imports by the subject firm's customers of like or directly 
competitive articles.
    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 
petitioning 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.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of January, 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-2965 Filed 2-9-11; 8:45 am]
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