NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance: Dana Corp.,

[Federal Register: February 24, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 36)]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-01866]

Dana Corporation, Spicer Trailer Products, Berwick, Pennsylvania; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

On October 10, 1997, the Department issued an Affirmative Determination Regarding Application on Reconsideration applicable to workers and former workers of the subject firm. The notice was published in the Federal Register on October 24, 1997 (62 FR 55424).

The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination issued on September 4, 1997, because criteria (3) and (4) of paragraph (a)(1) of Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, were not met. There was no shift of production from the Berwick, Pennsylvania plant to Canada or Mexico, nor did Dana Corporation, or its major declining customers, increase import purchases of leaf springs.

On reconsideration, the Department conducted further survey analysis of major customers of Dana Corporation, Spicer Trailer Products. The survey revealed that a former major customer reduced purchases of leaf springs from the Berwick plant and increased purchases from a firm which increased its imports from Mexico and Canada of leaf springs similar to the articles produced at the Berwick plant.

Conclusion

After careful review of the additional facts obtained on reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles from Mexico and Canada like or directly competitive with leaf springs, contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of Dana Corporation, Spicer Trailer Products. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

All workers of Dana Corporation, Spicer Trailer Products, Berwick, Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 7, 1996 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 11th day of February 1998. Grant D. Beale, Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98-4666Filed2-23-98; 8:45 am]

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