[Federal Register: February 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 20)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-71,375]

 
AK Steel Corporation, Mansfield Works Division, Mansfield, OH; 
Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for 
Reconsideration

    By application dated December 10, 2009, the United Steel Workers, 
Local 169, requested administrative reconsideration of the negative 
determination regarding workers' eligibility to apply for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers and former workers of 
the subject firm. The determination was issued on November 2, 2009. The 
Notice of Determination will soon be published in the Federal Register.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the findings that imports of steel coils 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 customers of the subject firm.
    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 8th day of January 2010.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-1892 Filed 1-29-10; 8:45 am]
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