[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4666]
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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. 98-4666 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]
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