[Federal Register: November 26, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 228)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,284]


Fisher Pierce, Weymouth, MA; Notice of Revised Determination on
Reconsideration

    By application of August 26, 2003, a company official requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination
issued on July 31, 2003, based on the finding that imports of outdoor
lighting controls and printed circuit boards (PCBs)did not contribute
importantly to worker separations at the subject plant and no shift of
production to a foreign source occurred. The denial notice was
published in the Federal Register on August 18, 2003 (68 FR 49523).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company official
supplied additional information not made available in the initial
investigation. A review of this additional information revealed that
the company shifted a significant portion of its production to Mexico,
which is party to a free trade agreement with the United States.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced at Fisher Pierce, Weymouth,
Massachusetts, contributed importantly to the declines in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers at the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:

    All workers of Fisher Pierce, Weymouth, Massachusetts, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or

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after July 31, 2002, 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.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 20th day of November, 2003.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-29548 Filed 11-25-03; 8:45 am]

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