Wabash Alloys, LLC, a Subsidiary of Aleris International, Inc., Tipton, IN; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration, 15759-15760 [E9-7803]

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• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15759-15760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-7803]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-64,858]


Wabash Alloys, LLC, a Subsidiary of Aleris International, Inc., 
Tipton, IN; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for 
Reconsideration

    By application dated March 17, 2009, United Steelworkers of 
America, Local 2958 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 February 
6, 2009 and published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2009 (74 FR 
9283).
    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 mis-
interpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of the 
decision.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
which was based on the finding that Wabash Alloys, LLC, a subsidiary of 
Aleris International, Inc., Tipton, Indiana did not supply component 
parts to a primary firm whose workers were certified eligible to apply 
for trade adjustment assistance. Furthermore, the investigation also 
determined that imports of aluminum alloys did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the subject plant nor was there a 
shift of production to a country during the relevant period.
    In the request for reconsideration the petitioner alleged that the 
subject firm supplied aluminum alloys to a customer which is under 
current certification.
    For certification on the basis of the workers' firm being a 
secondary upstream supplier, the subject firm must produce component 
parts to a firm which received certification of eligibility for TAA as 
a primary impacted firm. The Department has reviewed the record and 
determined that the customer to which the subject firm supplied 
components was not certified as a primary firm but was certified for 
TAA on the basis of a secondary impact.
    The petitioner did not supply facts not previously considered; nor 
provide additional documentation indicating that there was either (1) a 
mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered or 2) a 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justifying reconsideration of 
the initial determination.

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    After careful review of the request for reconsideration, the 
Department determines that 29 CFR 90.18(c) has not been met.

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 24th day of March 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E9-7803 Filed 4-6-09; 8:45 am]
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