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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
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Atreum-Brighton, A Subsidiary of
Magna International Decoma
International Division Including OnSite Leased Workers From Qualified
Staffing, Aerotek and On-Site Workers
From Hubbard Supply Company
Brighton, MI; Amended Certification
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26
U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the
Department of Labor issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance on November 14, 2007,
applicable to workers of AtreumBrighton, a subsidiary of Magna
International, Decoma International
Division, including on-site leased
workers from Qualified Staffing and
Aerotek, Brighton, Michigan. The notice
was published in the Federal Register
on December 10, 2007 (72 FR 69710).
At the request of a petitioner, the
Department reviewed the certification
for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in the production
of door panels and various other
injection molded parts for the
automobile industry.
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New information shows that workers
of Hubbard Supply Company were
employed on-site at the Brighton,
Michigan location of Atreum-Brighton, a
subsidiary of Magna International,
Decoma International Division. The
Department has determined that these
workers were sufficiently under the
control of the subject firm and should be
considered part of the affected worker
group.
Based on these findings, the
Department is amending this
certification to include workers of
Hubbard Supply Company working onsite at the Brighton, Michigan location
of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s
certification is to include all workers at
Atreum-Brighton, a subsidiary of Magna
International, Decoma International
Division, Brighton, Michigan who were
adversely-impacted by a shift in
production of door panels and various
other injection molded parts for
automobile industry to Mexico and
Canada.
The amended notice applicable to
TA–W–62,396 is hereby issued as
follows:
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former workers of the subject firm to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA). The denial notice was signed on
November 16, 2007 and published in
the Federal Register on December 10,
2007 (72 FR 69711).
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 TAA petition, which was filed on
behalf of workers at Newburgh
Hardwood Co., Inc., Newburgh, Indiana
engaged in the hardwood veneer
consulting services, was denied based
on the findings that the firm did not
employ a worker group during the one
year prior to the petition filing date, as
required by Section 222 of the Trade Act
of 1974. A worker group means three or
more workers in a firm or appropriate
subdivision. The subject firm did not
meet this threshold level. The
investigation also revealed that the
subject firm does not produce an article
within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2)
of the Act.
In the request for reconsideration the
petitioner indicates a number of reasons
as to why he should be eligible for TAA.
When assessing eligibility for TAA,
the Department makes its
determinations based on the
requirements as outlined in Section 222
of the Trade Act. In particular, the
Department defines an eligible worker
‘‘group’’ as ‘‘three or more workers in a
firm or an appropriate subdivision
thereof.’’ As subject firm’s total worker
number was one in the relevant period,
the worker does not meet the group
eligibility requirements for trade
adjustment assistance.
Newburgh Hardwood Co., Inc.
Conclusion
Newburgh, IN; Notice of Negative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration
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.
All workers of Atreum-Brighton, a
subsidiary of Magna International, Decoma
International Division, including on-site
leased workers from Qualified Staffing and
Aerotek, and on-site workers from Hubbard
Supply Company, Brighton, Michigan, who
became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 30, 2006,
through November 14, 2009, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of
January 2008.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
By application dated December 2,
2007, a petitioner requested
administrative reconsideration of the
Department’s negative determination
regarding eligibility for workers and
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of
January, 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Proposed Information Collection
Request Submitted for Public
Comment and Recommendations;
Refuse Piles and Impounding
Structures, Recordkeeping and
Reporting Requirements
ACTION:
Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden
conducts a preclearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or containing collections of
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
March 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Debbie
Ferraro, Records Management Branch,
1100 Wilson Boulevard, Room 2141,
Arlington, VA 22209–3939. Commenters
are encouraged to send their comments
on computer disk, or via e-mail to
ferraro.debbie@dol.gov. Ms. Ferraro can
be reached at (202) 693–9821 (voice), or
(202) 693–9801 (facsimile).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact the employee listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
of 1969 was amended by the Federal
Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977
after the Buffalo Creek dam failure in
1972 in West Virginia. The refuse pile
and impound standards, Title 30 CFR
sections 77.215 and 77.216 had been
enacted earlier in 1975 and were
incorporated into the Act. Additional
parts of these Sections were
promulgated and enacted in 1992. The
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standards require that the agency
approve prudently engineered design
plans for dams and their
impoundments, as well as the plans for
hazardous refuse piles that are routinely
constructed by coal mine operators.
Plan revisions are also required to be
submitted for approval. In addition, the
standards also require plans when one
of these sites is to be abandoned. And
plans are required when spontaneous
fires erupt and need to be extinguished
at the burning site. Records of weekly
inspections and instrument monitoring
are also required to ensure that the sites
remain safe. Finally, the mine operators
are also required to submit an annual
status report and certification that
guarantees that the site is being
constructed in accordance with the
approved plan, and the site has not been
altered during the construction year.
II. Desired Focus of Comments
Currently, the Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed
extension of the information collection
requirement related to the Refuse Piles
and Impoundment Structures,
Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements. MSHA is particularly
interested in comments that:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of MSHA’s
functions, including whether the
information has practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of MSHA’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
• Suggest methods to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
• Address the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, (e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses) to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond.
A copy of the proposed information
collection request can be obtained by
contacting the employee listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice or
viewed on the Internet by accessing the
MSHA home page (https://
www.msha.gov/) and selecting ‘‘Rules
and Regs’’, and then selecting ‘‘Fed Reg
Docs.’’
III. Current Actions
There are approximately 646 coal
mine impounding structures and 46
hazardous refuse piles, for a total of 692
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sites. All impoundments and hazardous
refuse piles are required by the
standards to be constructed and
operated in an approved manner. In
addition, coal mine operators frequently
revise construction plans to
accommodate mining conditions, cycles
or markets. Since these revisions to the
structures can adversely affect a great
number of people, such changes are
required to be planned in a prudent
manner and approved by the agency.
Fire extinguishing plans are only
required from an operator when a
spontaneous combustion has occurred,
and the operator is directed to
extinguish the fire. Inspections on a
weekly basis, or inspections at a longer
interval for long established and stable
impoundments (after the regulation
changes in 1992), are required to ensure
that precipitation, seismic activity, or
perhaps an unknown construction flaw,
has not adversely affected any part of
the dam site. The annual status report
and certification ensures that the
company’s engineers confirm that the
site is in accordance with the approved
engineering plan. An abandonment plan
approved by the agency ensures that a
hazardous site is not left in place after
all mining activity has ceased.
Type of Review: Extension.
Agency: Mine Safety and Health
Administration.
Title: Impounding Safety and Refuse
Piles, Reporting Requirements,
Certifications and Recordkeeping.
OMB Number: 1219–0015.
Recordkeeping: 3 years.
Affected Public: Business or other for
profit.
Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 30 CFR
Sections 77.215 and 77.216.
Total Respondents: 692.
Total Responses: 11,054.
Total Burden Hours: 32,081.
Total Burden Cost: $6,816,460.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated at Arlington, Virginia, this 10th day
of January, 2008.
David L. Meyer,
Director, Office of Administration and
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-62,449]
Newburgh Hardwood Co., Inc.
Newburgh, IN; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration
By application dated December 2, 2007, a petitioner requested
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative
determination regarding eligibility for workers and former workers of
the subject firm to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). The
denial notice was signed on November 16, 2007 and published in the
Federal Register on December 10, 2007 (72 FR 69711).
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 TAA petition, which was filed on behalf of workers at Newburgh
Hardwood Co., Inc., Newburgh, Indiana engaged in the hardwood veneer
consulting services, was denied based on the findings that the firm did
not employ a worker group during the one year prior to the petition
filing date, as required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. A
worker group means three or more workers in a firm or appropriate
subdivision. The subject firm did not meet this threshold level. The
investigation also revealed that the subject firm does not produce an
article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act.
In the request for reconsideration the petitioner indicates a
number of reasons as to why he should be eligible for TAA.
When assessing eligibility for TAA, the Department makes its
determinations based on the requirements as outlined in Section 222 of
the Trade Act. In particular, the Department defines an eligible worker
``group'' as ``three or more workers in a firm or an appropriate
subdivision thereof.'' As subject firm's total worker number was one in
the relevant period, the worker does not meet the group eligibility
requirements for trade adjustment assistance.
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.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of January, 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-593 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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