Adjustment assistance and NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance: Mitchell Manufacturing Group,

[Federal Register: March 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 60)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-35,102 and NAFTA-02669]

Mitchell Manufacturing Group, a Lamont Group Company, Clare, MI; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

On March 2, 1999, the Department issued an Affirmative Determination Regarding Application on Reconsideration applicable to workers and former workers of the subject firm. The notice will soon be published in the Federal Register.

The Department initially denied TAA to workers of Mitchell Manufacturing Group, a Lamont Group Company, Clare, Michigan, producing automotive interior covers including soft trim (seat covers) because the ``contributed importantly'' group eligibility requirement of Section 222(3) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not met.

On reconsideration, the Department conducted further survey analysis of the major customer of Mitchell Manufacturing Group. The survey revealed that a former major customer changed manufacturers and the current manufacturer of seat covers is manufacturing those items in Mexico and importing the finished product into the U.S.

Conclusion

After careful review of the additional facts obtained on reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with seat covers, contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of Mitchell Manufacturing Group, a Lamont Group Company, Clare, Michigan. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

All workers of Mitchell Manufacturing Group, a Lamont Group Company, Clare, Michigan who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after October 2, 1997 are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 9th day of March 1999. Grant D. Beale, Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 99-7720Filed3-29-99; 8:45 am]

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