ASC Machine Tools, Inc., Spokane Valley, WA; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration, 65516-65517 [2010-26902]
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The determination was issued on July
30, 2010, and the Notice of
determination was published in the
Federal Register on August 13, 2010 (75
FR 49532). The workers provide storage
services.
The negative determination was based
on the finding that a shift of production
to Canada in 2006 did not contribute
importantly to separations at the subject
firm because, during the period of the
investigation, the subject firm did not
produce an article; rather, the subject
firm provided storage services for other
subsidiaries of AMG, the parent
company, and those storage services
were shifted to an affiliate domestic
facility. In addition, the subject firm did
not supply services to a firm that
employed a worker group that is
currently eligible to apply for TAA.
The request for reconsideration
alleges that the workers did not supply
the services identified in the
determination. The worker also states
that the subject firm is in the process of
permanently decommissioning and
shifted operations to various facilities
throughout the United States as well as
Canada, Brazil, England, and Mexico.
The Department has carefully
reviewed the request for reconsideration
and the existing record, and has
determined that the Department will
conduct further investigation to
determine if the workers meet the
eligibility requirements of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.
Conclusion
After careful review of the
application, I conclude that the claim is
of sufficient weight to justify
reconsideration of the U.S. Department
of Labor’s prior decision. The
application is, therefore, granted.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of
October 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010–26904 Filed 10–22–10; 8:45 am]
Conclusion
After careful review of the
application, I conclude that the claim is
of sufficient weight to justify
reconsideration of the U.S. Department
of Labor’s prior decision. The
application is, therefore, granted.
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determination regarding workers’
eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers
and former workers of the subject firm.
The determination was issued on July
30, 2010 and the Notice of
Determination was published in the
Federal Register on August 13, 2010 (75
FR 49532). The workers produce metal
stampings.
The negative determination was based
on the findings that there was no
increase in imports of metal stampings
(or like or directly competitive articles)
by the subject firm or its customers, and
no shift to/acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers’ firm of article
like or directly competitive with the
metal stampings produced by the
subject workers. The investigation also
revealed that the workers did not
produce a component part that was used
by a firm that employed workers eligible
to apply for TAA and used the
component parts in the production of
the article that was the basis for the
certification.
The request for reconsideration
alleges that the subject firm supplied
component parts to firms in the
automotive industry and asserts that
increased imports of finished articles
that contain foreign-made component
parts like or directly competitive with
the metal stampings produced by the
subject firm contributed importantly to
separations at the Kankakee, Illinois
facility.
The Department has carefully
reviewed the request for reconsideration
and the existing record, and has
determined that the Department will
conduct further investigation to
determine if the workers meet the
eligibility requirements of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.
American Spring Wire Corporation,
Kankakee, IL; Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of
October 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010–26903 Filed 10–22–10; 8:45 am]
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By application dated August 24, 2010,
workers requested administrative
reconsideration of the negative
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
[TA–W–72,971]
ASC Machine Tools, Inc., Spokane
Valley, WA; Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration
By application dated September 21,
2010, a representative of the
International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW),
District Lodge 751, requested
administrative reconsideration of the
negative determination regarding
workers’ eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
applicable to workers and former
workers of ASC Machine Tools, Inc.,
Spokane Valley, Washington (the
subject firm). The Notice of negative
determination was issued on August 11,
2010 and published in the Federal
Register on August 30, 2010 (75 FR
52986). The workers produce customorder metal cutting machinery used to
form and cut metal, including
assembled equipment, component parts
of equipment, and spare parts.
The negative determination was based
on the findings that the subject firm
sales decline was due to loss of export
sales of foreign customers’ bids to
competitors outside the United States.
The initial investigation also revealed
decreased aggregate imports of metal
cutting equipment during the relevant
period and that the subject firm is not
a supplier or downstream producer for
any firm that employed a worker group
eligible to apply for TAA.
The union official, in the request for
reconsideration, alleges increased
imports from Sen Fung Rollform
Machinery Corporation in Taiwan and
Metform International in Canada. The
union official also articulates the
concern that ‘‘the affected workers are
being penalized due to the inconsistent
customer base of the company’’ and
requests that aggregate import data
during 2007 and 2008 be considered.
The Department has carefully
reviewed the request for reconsideration
and the existing record, and has
determined that the Department will
conduct further investigation to
determine if the workers meet the
eligibility requirements of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.
Conclusion
After careful review of the
application, I conclude that the claim is
of sufficient weight to justify
reconsideration of the U.S. Department
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of Labor’s prior decision. The
application is, therefore, granted.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of
October 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010–26902 Filed 10–22–10; 8:45 am]
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of sufficient weight to justify
reconsideration of the U.S. Department
of Labor’s prior decision. The
application is, therefore, granted.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of
October 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010–26901 Filed 10–22–10; 8:45 am]
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Western Digital Technologies, Inc.,
Corporate Headquarters/Hard Drive
Development Division, Lake Forest,
CA; Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration
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Employment and Training
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2006–0042]
By application dated September 14,
2010, workers requested administrative
reconsideration of the negative
determination regarding workers’
eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers
and former workers of the subject firm.
The Department’s Notice of negative
determination was issued on August 5,
2010 and published in the Federal
Register on August 23, 2010 (75 FR
51849). The workers are engaged in
activity related to the supply of
engineering services.
The negative determination was based
on the findings that the subject firm did
not increase imports services supplied
by the worker’s firm and that there has
not been a shift to a foreign country in
the supply of services by the subject
firm. The investigation also revealed
that the subject firm does not supply a
service that was directly used in the
production of an article by a firm that
employed a worker group eligible to
apply for TAA.
The request for reconsideration
alleges that increased imports of articles
(disk drives) that were produced
directly using the services supplied by
the subject workers (engineering)
contributed importantly to separations
at the subject firm.
The Department has carefully
reviewed the request for reconsideration
and the existing record, and has
determined that the Department will
conduct further investigation to
determine if the workers meet the
eligibility requirements of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended.
Conclusion
After careful review of the
application, I conclude that the claim is
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Canadian Standards Association;
Expansion of Recognition
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration’s final decision
expanding the recognition of the
Canadian Standards Association as a
Nationally Recognized Testing
Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7.
DATES: The expansion of recognition
becomes effective on October 25, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
MaryAnn Garrahan, Director, Office of
Technical Programs and Coordination
Activities, NRTL Program, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Room N–3655,
Washington, DC 20210, or phone (202)
693–2110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Notice of Final Decision
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) hereby gives
notice that it is expanding recognition of
the Canadian Standards Association
(CSA) as a Nationally Recognized
Testing Laboratory (NRTL). CSA’s
expansion covers the use of additional
test standards. OSHA’s current scope of
recognition for CSA may be found in the
following informational Web page:
https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
csa.html.
OSHA recognition of an NRTL
signifies that the organization has met
the legal requirements specified in 29
CFR 1910.7. Recognition is an
acknowledgment that the organization
can perform independent safety testing
and certification of the specific products
covered within its scope of recognition,
and is not a delegation or grant of
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government authority. As a result of
recognition, employers may use
products approved by the NRTL to meet
OSHA standards that require product
testing and certification.
The Agency processes applications by
an NRTL for initial recognition, or for
expansion or renewal of this
recognition, following requirements in
Appendix A to 29 CFR 1910.7. This
appendix requires that the Agency
publish two notices in the Federal
Register in processing an application. In
the first notice, OSHA announces the
application and provides its preliminary
finding and, in the second notice, the
Agency provides its final decision on
the application. These notices set forth
the NRTL’s scope of recognition or
modifications of that scope. OSHA
maintains an informational Web page
for each NRTL that details its scope of
recognition. These pages are available
from the Web site at https://
www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/
index.html. Each NRTL’s scope of
recognition has three elements: (1) The
type of products the NRTL may test,
with each type specified by its
applicable test standard; (2) the
recognized site(s) that has/have the
technical capability to perform the
testing and certification activities for
test standards within the NRTL’s scope;
and (3) the supplemental program(s)
that the NRTL may use, each of which
allows the NRTL to rely on other parties
to perform activities necessary for
product testing and certification.
CSA submitted an application, dated
June 25, 2008, to expand its recognition
to include five additional test standards.
The NRTL Program staff determined
that four of these standards (listed
below) are ‘‘appropriate test standards’’
within the meaning of 29 CFR 1910.7(c).
In connection with this request, NRTL
Program staff did not perform any onsite
review of CSA’s recognized sites. The
staff only performed a comparability
analysis,1 and recommended expansion
of CSA’s recognition to include the
additional four test standards listed
below. The Agency subsequently
accepted this recommendation, and
published a preliminary notice
announcing the expansion application
in the Federal Register on April 26,
2010 (75 FR 21666). Comments were
requested by May 11, 2010, but OSHA
received no comments in response to
this notice. OSHA is now proceeding
1 This analysis involves determining whether the
testing and evaluation requirements of test
standards already in an NRTL’s scope are
comparable to the requirements in the standards
requested by the NRTL.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-72,971]
ASC Machine Tools, Inc., Spokane Valley, WA; Notice of
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration
By application dated September 21, 2010, a representative of the
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM&AW),
District Lodge 751, requested administrative reconsideration of the
negative determination regarding workers' eligibility to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers and former
workers of ASC Machine Tools, Inc., Spokane Valley, Washington (the
subject firm). The Notice of negative determination was issued on
August 11, 2010 and published in the Federal Register on August 30,
2010 (75 FR 52986). The workers produce custom-order metal cutting
machinery used to form and cut metal, including assembled equipment,
component parts of equipment, and spare parts.
The negative determination was based on the findings that the
subject firm sales decline was due to loss of export sales of foreign
customers' bids to competitors outside the United States. The initial
investigation also revealed decreased aggregate imports of metal
cutting equipment during the relevant period and that the subject firm
is not a supplier or downstream producer for any firm that employed a
worker group eligible to apply for TAA.
The union official, in the request for reconsideration, alleges
increased imports from Sen Fung Rollform Machinery Corporation in
Taiwan and Metform International in Canada. The union official also
articulates the concern that ``the affected workers are being penalized
due to the inconsistent customer base of the company'' and requests
that aggregate import data during 2007 and 2008 be considered.
The Department has carefully reviewed the request for
reconsideration and the existing record, and has determined that the
Department will conduct further investigation to determine if the
workers meet the eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.
Conclusion
After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S.
Department
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of Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, granted.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of October 2010.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-26902 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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