[Federal Register: July 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 136)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,418]

 
Gramercy Jewelry Manufacturing Corporation, New York, NY; Notice 
of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated June 19, 2008, a company official requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility for workers and former workers of 
Gramercy Jewelry Manufacturing Corporation, New York, New York, to 
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The negative determination was issued on 
June 10, 2008. The Department's notice of determination was published 
in the Federal Register on June 27, 2008 (73 FR 36576).
    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 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.
    The TAA petition, which was filed on behalf of workers at Gramercy 
Jewelry Manufacturing Corporation, New York, New York engaged in the 
production of jewelry, was denied based on the findings that sales and 
production at the subject firm did not decrease from 2006 to 2007 or 
from January through April 2008, when compared with the same period in 
2007. The investigation also revealed no shift in production to a 
foreign country in the relevant time period.
    In the request for reconsideration, the company official stated 
that he disagrees with the investigation and that the

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subject firm ``laid off about 25 employees.'' The company official did 
not supply any additional information regarding sales or production 
that would warrant reopening the investigation.
    After careful review of the request for reconsideration, the 
Department determines that none of the circumstances under 29 CFR 
90.18(c) for granting reconsideration have been met.

Conclusion

    After review of the application and investigative findings, I 
conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law 
or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department 
of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 8th day of July 2008.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-16079 Filed 7-14-08; 8:45 am]

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