Adjustment assistance: Lightalarms Electronics Corp.,

[Federal Register: December 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 241)]

[Notices]

[Page 69309]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-33,974]

Lightalarms Electronics Corporation, Baldwin, New York; Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration

On February 11, 1998, the Department issued an Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers and former workers of the subject firm. The notice was published in the Federal Register on February 24, 1998 (63 FR 9264).

The Department initially denied TAA to workers of Lightalarms- Baldwin because the ``contributed importantly'' group eligibility requirement of Section 222(3) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not met. The company made a strategic business decision to shift production to another domestic facility. The workers at the subject firm were engaged in employment related to the production of emergency lighting products.

The petitioner asserted that the subject firm shifted production of emergency lighting products to Canada and imported them into the U.S.

On reconsideration, the Department requested that Lightalarms provide additional information about imports of emergency lighting products, and information concerning overall domestic employment and production related to emergency lighting products.

Additional information provided by the company indicates that overall domestic employment related to the production of emergency lighting products has increased since the shift in production from the subject facility to its other domestic facility. The investigation also revealed that the subject firm is not importing like or directly competitive articles into the U.S. from Canada.

Conclusion

After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance for workers and former workers of Lightalarms Electronics Corporation, Baldwin, New York.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 9th day of December 1998. Grant D. Beale, Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98-33304Filed12-15-98; 8:45 am]

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