Agilent Technologies, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration, 2945 [E8-591]

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• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 2945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-591]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,303]


Agilent Technologies, Inc., Liberty Lake, WA; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By application dated November 29, 2007 a company official 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) and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
signed on November 6, 2007, was based on the finding that imports of 
test and measurement equipment prototypes did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the subject plant. The denial 
notice was published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2007 (72 
FR 65607).
    In the request for reconsideration, a company official provided 
additional information regarding a shift in plant production of test 
and measurement equipment prototypes to a foreign country.
    The Department reviewed the findings in the initial investigation 
and new information presented in the reconsideration. Upon further 
review and contact with the company official, it was revealed that the 
company shifted its production of test and measurement equipment 
prototypes to China with the intent to import test and measurement 
equipment prototypes back into the United States. The investigation 
further revealed that employment declined at the subject firm.
    In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor 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.
    The workers were under an existing TAA/ATAA certification that 
expired on September 30, 2007.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
determine that there was a shift in production from Agilent 
Technologies, Inc., Liberty Lake, Washington to China of articles that 
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject 
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely an increase in 
imports of like or directly competitive articles. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Agilent Technologies, Inc., Liberty Lake, 
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after October 1, 2007, through two years from the 
date of this certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are 
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.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-591 Filed 1-15-08; 8:45 am]
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