[Federal Register: November 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 228)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-64,088]

 
Rexam Closure Systems, Inc., Bowling Green, OH; Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated October 22, 2008, the International Union, 
United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of 
America, Region 2-B, 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 October 3, 2008. The 
Notice of Determination was published in the Federal Register on 
October 20, 2008 (73 FR 62323).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of plastic closures for plastic food 
industry packaging 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 pertaining to a shift in subject plant 
production of plastic closures for plastic food industry packaging to 
China and requested further investigation of import impact as it 
relates to declining subject plant production of plastic closures for 
plastic food industry packaging.
    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 13th day of November 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-27935 Filed 11-24-08; 8:45 am]

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