Saint Gobain Crystals, Solon, OH; Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration, 74561-74562 [E6-21105]
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Date of
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Date of
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–60,460]
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[TA–W–59,465]
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The petitioners have requested that
the petition be withdrawn.
Consequently, the investigation has
been terminated.
Dated: December 5, 2006.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6–21108 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
[FR Doc. E6–21110 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
By application dated July 7, 2006, the
International Chemical Workers Union
Council, Local 852C, (Union), requested
administrative reconsideration of the
Department’s Notice of Negative
Determination Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance, applicable to workers and
former workers of the subject firm. The
Department’s Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration was issued on
August 4, 2006. The Notice was
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Roseburg Forest Products, Coquille,
OR; Notice of Termination of
Investigation
Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, an
investigation was initiated on November
20, 2006 in response to a petition filed
jointly by the Carpenters and Joiners of
America Local 2784 and a company
official on behalf of workers of Roseburg
Forest Products, Coquille, Oregon.
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Saint Gobain Crystals, Solon, OH;
Notice of Negative Determination on
Reconsideration
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published in the Federal Register on
October 4, 2006 (71 FR 58632).
In the request for reconsideration, the
Union alleges that the Department’s
initial investigation did not include all
of the articles produced at the subject
firm. The determination states that the
subject worker group produces calcium
fluoride crystals.
Based on a careful review of
previously-submitted documents, the
Department determines on
reconsideration that during the relevant
period (May 2005 through May 2006),
the subject workers produced more than
one line of crystals and are not
separately identifiable by product line.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Union asserted that
cadmium, calcium fluoride, magnesium
fluoride, lithium fluoride, and barium
fluoride products were produced by the
subject firm (August 17, 2006 letter) and
that workers produced cadmium
tungstate until ‘‘Saint Gobain Crystals
made the decision to transfer this
operation to India’’ (September 14, 2006
letter).
According to a company official,
calcium fluoride has been the only
product produced in significant volume
at the subject facility since April 2005.
Calcium fluoride constitutes about 90%
of subject facility production. The
remaining percentage of production at
the subject facility during the relevant
period consisted of magnesium fluoride,
lithium fluoride, barium fluoride, lead
chlorine, lead bromide and cadmium
tungstate.
The company official also stated that
cadmium tungstate production ceased
in May 2005 and was shifted to India.
The shift was completed in November
2005. When the cadmium tungstate
production ceased, workers were shifted
to other crystal lines, including the
calcium fluoride line. Cadmium
tungstate sales were a minuscule
fraction (less than 0.24%) of calcium
fluoride sales.
Production of the remaining products
(magnesium fluoride, lithium fluoride,
barium fluoride, lead chlorine, lead
bromide, and calcium fluoride) ceased
at the end of September 2006 and the
subject facility will be completely
closed by the end of 2006.
The Department has determined that
the predominant cause of worker
separations at the subject facility is not
related to increased imports or a shift of
production abroad. The subject facility’s
customers were foreign entities and all
sales were shipped abroad.
Furthermore, the subject firm is leaving
the calcium fluoride crystal business
due to insufficient demand for the
product due to lack of progress in
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targeted markets and technological
developments.
In order for the Department to issue
a certification of eligibility to apply for
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA), the subject worker
group must be certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).
Since the subject workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful reconsideration, I affirm
the original notice of negative
determination of eligibility to apply for
worker adjustment assistance for
workers and former workers of Saint
Gobain Crystals, Solon, Ohio.
Signed at Washington, DC this 6th day of
December 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6–21105 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–60,055]
Swift Textiles, d/b/a/ Swift Galey,
Midland, GA; Notice of Revised
Determination on Reconsideration
By letter dated November 6, 2006, the
subject company requested
administrative reconsideration
regarding the Department’s Negative
Determination Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance, applicable to the workers of
the subject firm. The denial was issued
on October 17, 2006. The Department’s
Notice of determination was published
in the Federal Register on November 6,
2006 (71 FR 65004). Workers produce
denim fabric.
The denial was based on the
Department’s findings that the denim
fabric is exported, there was no shift of
production of fabric abroad, and the
subject firm did not import denim
fabric.
The request for reconsideration, dated
November 6, 2006, states that the
subject firm will be closing at the end
of 2006 and alleges that the closure is
due to increased imports.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the Department was
informed that the denim yarn produced
at Swift Galey, Columbus, Georgia (TA–
W–59,234; certified May 22, 2006 based
on import impact from Mexico) was sent
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to Swift Galey, Midland, Georgia to be
finished into denim fabric.
Based on this new information, the
Department has determined that the
subject firm is a downstream producer
to Swift Galey, Columbus, Georgia and
conducted an investigation to determine
whether the subject workers are eligible
to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) as workers of a
secondarily-affected firm (a firm that
either supplied component parts for
articles produced by a firm with a
currently TAA-certified worker group or
assembled/finished articles provided by
a firm with a currently TAA-certified
worker group).
In order for the subject workers to be
certified on a secondarily-affected basis,
the following criteria must be met: (1) A
significant number or proportion of the
subject firm separated or threatened
with separations and (2) the subject firm
is a supplier or a downstream producer
to a firm or subdivision that employed
a TAA-certified worker group and such
supply or production is related to the
article that was the basis for the
certification. In the case of downstream
producers, the primary certification
must be based on a shift of production
to Canada or Mexico or import impact
from Canada or Mexico.
Based on previously-submitted
information and information obtained
during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department
determines that Swift Textile, d/b/a/
Swift Galey, Midland, Georgia qualifies
as a secondarily-affected firm.
In accordance with Section 246 the
Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as
amended, the Department herein
presents the results of its investigation
regarding certification of eligibility to
apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue
a certification of eligibility to apply for
ATAA, the group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the
Trade Act must be met. The Department
has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been
met.
A significant number of workers at the
firm are age 50 or over and possess
skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the
industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the
information obtained in the
reconsideration investigation, I
determine that workers of Swift
Textiles, d/b/a/ Swift Galey, Midland,
Georgia, qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-59,465]
Saint Gobain Crystals, Solon, OH; Notice of Negative
Determination on Reconsideration
By application dated July 7, 2006, the International Chemical
Workers Union Council, Local 852C, (Union), requested administrative
reconsideration of the Department's Notice of Negative Determination
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance,
applicable to workers and former workers of the subject firm. The
Department's Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration was issued on August 4, 2006. The Notice was
[[Page 74562]]
published in the Federal Register on October 4, 2006 (71 FR 58632).
In the request for reconsideration, the Union alleges that the
Department's initial investigation did not include all of the articles
produced at the subject firm. The determination states that the subject
worker group produces calcium fluoride crystals.
Based on a careful review of previously-submitted documents, the
Department determines on reconsideration that during the relevant
period (May 2005 through May 2006), the subject workers produced more
than one line of crystals and are not separately identifiable by
product line.
During the reconsideration investigation, the Union asserted that
cadmium, calcium fluoride, magnesium fluoride, lithium fluoride, and
barium fluoride products were produced by the subject firm (August 17,
2006 letter) and that workers produced cadmium tungstate until ``Saint
Gobain Crystals made the decision to transfer this operation to India''
(September 14, 2006 letter).
According to a company official, calcium fluoride has been the only
product produced in significant volume at the subject facility since
April 2005. Calcium fluoride constitutes about 90% of subject facility
production. The remaining percentage of production at the subject
facility during the relevant period consisted of magnesium fluoride,
lithium fluoride, barium fluoride, lead chlorine, lead bromide and
cadmium tungstate.
The company official also stated that cadmium tungstate production
ceased in May 2005 and was shifted to India. The shift was completed in
November 2005. When the cadmium tungstate production ceased, workers
were shifted to other crystal lines, including the calcium fluoride
line. Cadmium tungstate sales were a minuscule fraction (less than
0.24%) of calcium fluoride sales.
Production of the remaining products (magnesium fluoride, lithium
fluoride, barium fluoride, lead chlorine, lead bromide, and calcium
fluoride) ceased at the end of September 2006 and the subject facility
will be completely closed by the end of 2006.
The Department has determined that the predominant cause of worker
separations at the subject facility is not related to increased imports
or a shift of production abroad. The subject facility's customers were
foreign entities and all sales were shipped abroad. Furthermore, the
subject firm is leaving the calcium fluoride crystal business due to
insufficient demand for the product due to lack of progress in targeted
markets and technological developments.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility
to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), the
subject worker group must be certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA). Since the subject workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible
for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of
negative determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance for workers and former workers of Saint Gobain Crystals,
Solon, Ohio.
Signed at Washington, DC this 6th day of December 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-21105 Filed 12-11-06; 8:45 am]
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