Stone Age Interiors, Inc., D/B/A Colorado Springs Marble and Granite, Including On-Site Leased Workers From Express Employment Professionals, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration, 37586 [2013-14854]
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Signed in Washington, DC, this 7th day of
June, 2013.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013–14849 Filed 6–20–13; 8:45 am]
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Stone Age Interiors, Inc., D/B/A
Colorado Springs Marble and Granite,
Including On-Site Leased Workers
From Express Employment
Professionals, Colorado Springs,
Colorado; Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application
for Reconsideration
By application dated May 16, 2013, a
company official requested
administrative reconsideration of the
negative determination regarding
workers’ eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
applicable to workers and former
workers of Stone Age Interiors, Inc., d/
b/a Colorado Springs Marble and
Granite, Colorado Springs, Colorado
(subject firm). The negative
determination was issued on April 15,
2013 and the Notice of Determination
was published in the Federal Register
on May 15, 2013 (78 FR 28628–28630).
Workers at the subject firm were
engaged in activities related to the
production of finished stone fabrication.
The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals.
The initial investigation resulted in a
negative determination based on the
Department’s findings that Criterion
(2)(A)(ii) has not been met because
imports of articles like or directly
competitive with finished stone
fabrication produced by Stone Age did
not increase during the relevant period.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of
the Act, the investigation revealed that
Stone Age did not shift production of
finished stone fabrication, or like or
directly competitive articles, to a foreign
country, or acquire such production
from a foreign country.
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of
the Act, the investigation revealed that
Stone Age is neither a Supplier nor
Downstream Producer to a firm that
employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. 2272(a).
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Finally, the group eligibility
requirements under Section 222(e) of
the Act have not been satisfied because
Stone Age has not been publically
identified by name by the International
Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in an affirmative finding of
serious injury, market disruption, or
material injury, or threat thereof.
The request for reconsideration
alleges that increased imports of
finished product from China have
adversely impacted the business and
that the information provided by the
subject firm was incomplete and/or
misunderstood.
The Department has carefully
reviewed the request for reconsideration
and the existing record, and 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
June, 2013.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013–14854 Filed 6–20–13; 8:45 am]
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TE Connectivity, CIS-Appliances
Division, Including On-Site Leased
Workers From Kelly Services,
Jonestown, Pennsylvania; Notice of
Negative Determination on
Reconsideration
On September 28, 2012, the
Department of Labor issued an
Affirmative Determination Regarding
Application for Reconsideration for the
workers and former workers of TE
Connectivity, CIS-Appliances Division,
Jonestown, Pennsylvania (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘the subject firm’’). The
workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of electronic
components and the supply of
administrative support services (in
support of production). The worker
group includes on-site leased workers
from Kelly Services.
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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 based on the
Department’s findings of no increased
imports by the subject firm of articles
like or directly competitive with the
electronic components produced by the
subject workers. Further, aggregate
imports of articles like or directly
competitive with electronic components
decreased during the relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that the
subject firm did not shift the production
of electronic components, or a like or
directly competitive article, to a foreign
country or acquire such production
from a foreign country. In addition, the
investigation revealed that the subject
firm is not a Supplier or Downstream
Producer for a firm (or subdivision) that
employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a),
and that the group eligibility
requirements under Section 222(e) of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have
not been satisfied.
In the request for reconsideration, the
worker supplied new information
regarding a possible shift in the
production of like or directly
competitive articles to Mexico and/or
China. Specifically, the workers alleged
that they trained employees from
facilities in Mexico and China and that
dies were shifted to Mexico and China.
During the reconsideration
investigation, the subject firm company
official confirmed that the workers of
the subject firm were engaged in
activities related to the production of
electronic components, and that some of
the workers performed administrative
support services in support of
production.
The reconsideration investigation
revealed that, although the subject firm
shifted a portion of production to
Mexico and China, the shift in
production represented a negligible
portion of overall production volume
and, therefore, did not contribute
importantly to worker separations or
threat of separations.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-82,440]
Stone Age Interiors, Inc., D/B/A Colorado Springs Marble and
Granite, Including On-Site Leased Workers From Express Employment
Professionals, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration
By application dated May 16, 2013, a company official requested
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
applicable to workers and former workers of Stone Age Interiors, Inc.,
d/b/a Colorado Springs Marble and Granite, Colorado Springs, Colorado
(subject firm). The negative determination was issued on April 15, 2013
and the Notice of Determination was published in the Federal Register
on May 15, 2013 (78 FR 28628-28630). Workers at the subject firm were
engaged in activities related to the production of finished stone
fabrication. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination
based on the Department's findings that Criterion (2)(A)(ii) has not
been met because imports of articles like or directly competitive with
finished stone fabrication produced by Stone Age did not increase
during the relevant period.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the investigation
revealed that Stone Age did not shift production of finished stone
fabrication, or like or directly competitive articles, to a foreign
country, or acquire such production from a foreign country.
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the investigation
revealed that Stone Age is neither a Supplier nor Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification
of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a).
Finally, the group eligibility requirements under Section 222(e) of
the Act have not been satisfied because Stone Age has not been
publically identified by name by the International Trade Commission as
a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in an
affirmative finding of serious injury, market disruption, or material
injury, or threat thereof.
The request for reconsideration alleges that increased imports of
finished product from China have adversely impacted the business and
that the information provided by the subject firm was incomplete and/or
misunderstood.
The Department has carefully reviewed the request for
reconsideration and the existing record, and 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 June, 2013.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013-14854 Filed 6-20-13; 8:45 am]
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