97-33019. G.E. Medical Systems Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33019]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-33,479]


G.E. Medical Systems Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Notice of Negative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated November 3, 1997, the X-Ray Lodge No. 1916 of 
the International Association of Machinists requested administrative 
reconsideration of the Department's negative determination regarding 
worker eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance. The denial 
notice, applicable to workers of G.E. Medical Systems producing medical 
diagnostic imaging equipment in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was signed on 
October 9, 1997 and published in the Federal Register on November 5, 
1997 (62 FR 59882).
    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 petitioners assert that products produced by workers of the 
subject firm are now being produced in foreign countries by their 
suppliers and add that a large percentage of the subject firm sales 
come from the offshore market.
    The TAA petition investigation for workers of the subject firm 
showed that the criterion (2) of the Group Eligibility requirements of 
Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not met. Sales 
and production at the subject firm increased in 1996 compared to 1995 
and in January-April of 1997 compared to the same time period in 1996.
    The petitioner's assertion regarding company sales of imported 
diagnostic imaging equipment was addressed in the negative 
determination applicable to workers of G.E. Medical Systems in 
Milwaukee.
    As specified in the group eligibility requirements of criterion (3) 
of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Department 
must establish that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with articles produced at the workers' firm, contributed to 
worker separations.

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, D.C. this 11th day of December 1997.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-33019 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]
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