73 FR 217 pgs. 66275-66276 - GE Consumer and Industrial Lighting, Willoughby Lucalox Plant, Willoughby, OH; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 217Pages: 66275 - 66276
Docket number: [TA-W-63,962]
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-26540 Filed 11-6-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Labor Department
Sub Agency: Employment and Training Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-63,962]
GE Consumer and Industrial Lighting, Willoughby Lucalox Plant, Willoughby, OH; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration
By application dated October 10, 2008, IUE-CWA, Local 84707 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 denial notice was signed on September 24, 2008 and published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2008 (73 FR 58982).
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) reconsideration may be granted under the following circumstances:
(1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered that the determination complained of was erroneous;
(2) If it appears that the determination complained of was based on a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
(3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of the decision.
The negative TAA determination issued by the Department for workers of GE Consumer and Industrial Lighting, Willoughby Lucalox Plant, Willoughby, Ohio was based on the finding that imports of ceramic metal halide (CMH) high-intensity discharge lamps did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject plant and there was no shift of production to a foreign country during the relevant period. The "contributed importantly" test is generally demonstrated through a survey of the workers' firm's declining domestic customers. In this instance, the subject firm did not sell ceramic metal halide (CMH) high-intensity discharge lamps to domestic customers, thus a survey was not conducted. The subject firm did not import ceramic metal halide (CMH) high-intensity discharge lamps into the United States during the relevant period.
In the request for reconsideration the petitioner states that "General Electric Company will begin buying Arc Chambers as early as the start of second quarter next year 2009 from China."
When assessing eligibility for TAA, the Department exclusively considers import impact during the relevant time period (one year prior to the date of the petition). Events occurring in 2009 are outside of the relevant time period as established by the petition date of August 18, 2008, and thus cannot be considered in this investigation.
Should conditions change in the future, the company is encouraged to file a new petition on behalf of the worker group which will encompass an investigative period that will include these changing conditions.
Conclusion
After review of the application and investigative findings, I conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.
Signed in Washington, DC, this 27th day of October 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-26540 Filed 11-6-08; 8:45 am]
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