[Federal Register: May 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 89)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,718]

 
Fraser Timber Limited, Ashland, ME, Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated April 10, 2008, a company official requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) applicable to workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The determination was issued on 
March 14, 2008. The Notice of determination was published in the 
Federal Register on March 26, 2008 (73 FR 16064).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of lumber and woodchips did not 
contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject firm and no 
shift of production to a foreign source occurred.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
additional information regarding aggregate imports of lumber and the 
impact of Canadian imports on lumber industry in the United States.
    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.

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 28th day of April 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E8-10031 Filed 5-6-08; 8:45 am]

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