97-13349. Lucent Technologies, Incorporated, Consumer Products Division, Atlanta, GA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 27783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13349]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[NAFTA-01352]


Lucent Technologies, Incorporated, Consumer Products Division, 
Atlanta, GA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On January 23, 1997, the Department issued a Negative Determination 
Regarding Eligibility to apply for NAFTA-TAA, applicable to workers and 
former workers of the subject firm. This notice was published in the 
Federal Register on February 13, 1996 (62 FR 6804).
    The Department's initial denial was based on the fact that the 
affected group of workers were engaged in the repairing and 
refurbishing of telephone sets and did not produce an article within 
the meaning of Section 250(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
    The petitioners presented evidence to the Department which revealed 
that workers at the Consumer Products Division of Lucent Technologies, 
Incorporated, located in Atlanta, Georgia were engaged in employment 
related to the production of telephone sets for its parent company. It 
was further revealed that the parent company made a corporate decision 
to shift its production of telephone sets from its Atlanta, Georgia 
facility to a facility located in Mexico and these telephone sets are 
being imported back into the United States for marketing by the subject 
firms's parent company.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports from Mexico and 
Canada of articles like or directly competitive with telephone sets 
contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production and to 
the total or partial separation of workers at the Consumer Products 
Division of Lucent Technologies, Incorporated, located in Atlanta 
Georgia. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of the Consumer Products Division of Lucent 
Technologies, Incorporated, located in Atlanta, Georgia who become 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after November 
22, 1995 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of 
the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 5th day of May 1997.
Russell T. Kile,
Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-13349 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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