96-24538. Ogden Atlantic Design, Poughkeepsie, NY; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24538]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[NAFTA-00927]


Ogden Atlantic Design, Poughkeepsie, NY; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On July 3, 1996, the Department issued an Affirmative Determination 
Regarding Application for Reconsideration for workers and former 
workers of the subject firm. This notice was published in the Federal 
Register on July 23, 1996 (61 FR 38225).
    The Department's initial denial was based on the fact that criteria 
(3) and (4) of the group eligibility requirements of Section 250 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, were not met. There was no shift in 
production of printed circuit boards from Ogden Atlantic Design in 
Poughkeepsie to Mexico or Canada, and the worker separations were 
attributable to the corporate decision to transfer production to other 
domestic locations.
    The petitioners presented evidence that the Department's survey of 
the customers of Ogden Atlantic was inadequate. Accordingly, the 
Department conducted a survey of those customers reducing purchases 
from the subject firm. Findings of the survey revealed that an 
important customer of the subject firm significantly increased its 
reliance on imports of printed circuit boards from Mexico and Canada 
from 1994 through July 1996.

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 printed circuit 
boards contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production 
and to the total or partial separation of workers at Ogden Atlantic 
Design, Poughkeepsie, New York. In accordance with the provisions of 
the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Ogden Atlantic Design, Poughkeepsie, New York who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
March 18, 1995 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 
of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 16th day of September 1996.
Russell T. Kile,
Acting Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of 
Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 96-24538 Filed 9-24-96; 8:45 am]
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