ETA Federal Register Notice

Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration [04/21/2000]

Volume 65, Number 78, Page 21472-21473

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-3578 and TA-W-37,035; Court Metal Finishing, Inc., Flint, 
Michigan]

 
Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On March 31, 2000, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm denied eligibility to apply for 
North American Free Trade Agreement-Transitional Adjustment Assistance 
(NAFTA-TAA). The notice was published in the Federal Register on April 
11, 2000 (65 FR 19390). The petitioners presented information regarding 
customer imports from Mexico of articles like or directly competitive 
with those produced at the workers' firm.
    The January 6, 2000, denial of NAFTA-TAA for workers of Court Metal 
Finishing, Inc., Flint, Michigan, engaged in employment related to the 
production of valves was based on the finding that criteria (3) and (4) 
of the Group Eligibility Requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of section 
250 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, were not met. The 
investigation revealed that there were no company or customer imports 
of valves from Mexico or Canada during the time period relevant to the 
investigation. Court Metal Finishing, Inc. did not shift production of 
valves from the Flint, Michigan plant to Mexico or Canada.
    On reconsideration, the Department conducted an additional survey 
of the subject firm's major declining customers. The responses revealed 
that a major declining customer increased imports of valves from Mexico 
or Canada while reducing purchases from Court Metal Finishing, Inc.
    The Department, on its own motion, reviewed the findings of the 
January 6, 2000 Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) negative 
determination applicable to workers of the subject firm, petition 
number TA-W-37,035. The investigation review shows that with the new 
customer information obtained on reconsideration of NAFTA-3578, all 
criteria of the Group Eligibility Requirements of section 222 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 are met.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is concluded that the workers of Court Metal 
Finishing, Inc., Flint, Michigan,

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were adversely affected by increased imports, including those from 
Mexico or Canada, of articles like or directly competitive with those 
produced at the subject firm.

    All workers of Court Metal Finishing, Inc., Flint, Michigan, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
November 1, 1998, through two years from the date of this issuance 
are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade 
Act of 1974.
    All workers of Court Metal Finishing, Inc., Flint, Michigan, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
October 15, 1998 through two years from the date of this issuance 
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of 
the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 13th day of April 2000.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-9972 Filed 4-20-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-30-M

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