[Federal Register: October 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 198)]
[Notices]               
[Page 60338-60339]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,758]

 
Lear Corporation, Quality Control and Inspection Department, 950 
Loma Verde Drive, El Paso, Texas; Notice of Affirmative Determination 
Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    In an application post-marked September 4, 2008 a worker 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 Lear Corporation, Quality Control and Inspection 
Department, located at 950 Loma Verde Drive, El Paso, Texas (subject 
firm).
    The negative determination was issued on August 21, 2008. The 
Department's Notice of determination was published in the Federal 
Register on September 3, 2008 (73 FR 51530). Workers performed testing 
and inspection of component parts (terminals, connectors, wires, and 
grommets) for wire harnesses. The determination stated that the subject 
firm does not produce an article within the meaning of Section 
222(a)(2) of the Act. The determination further stated that because the 
subject workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers 
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
    The request for reconsideration stated that subject firm ``held two 
very different departments * * * the Quality Control and Inspection 
Dept. * * * and the other one was the PPAP Dept. (Production Part 
Approval Process). The

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request further states that the appeal is limited to the ``PPAP Dept.''
    The request for reconsideration alleges that the PPAP ``is an 
essential part of the production process, it is directly involved in 
the manufacturing of the final product in the production line'' and 
that ``Lear Corporation took our jobs to Mexico.''
    The Department has carefully reviewed the worker's request for 
reconsideration and has determined that the Department will conduct 
further investigation.

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 3rd day of October 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E8-24122 Filed 10-9-08; 8:45 am]

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