98-25836. Kleinerts Incorporated of Alabama, Greenville, Alabama; Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration on Remand

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51608-51609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25836]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-34,229]


Kleinerts Incorporated of Alabama, Greenville, Alabama; Notice of 
Negative Determination on Reconsideration on Remand

    The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) granted the 
Secretary of Labor's motion for a voluntary remand for further 
investigation in Former Employees of Kleinerts, Inc. v. Secretary of 
Labor, No. 98-05-01438.
    The Department's initial denial for the workers of Kleinerts 
Incorporated of Alabama, in Greenville, Alabama issued on March 19, 
1998 and published in the Federal Register on April 3, 1998 (63 Fed. 
Reg. 16,574), was based on the fact that criterion (3) of the group 
eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended, was not met.
    The petitioners request for reconsideration resulted in a negative 
determination regarding the application which was issued on April 15, 
1998 and published in the Federal Register on April 27, 1996 (63 Fed. 
Reg. 20,655). The Department's findings affirmed that imports did not 
contribute importantly to the workers separation.
    On remand, the Department contacted the company official to clarify 
certain aspects of its business relationship with its primary and 
secondary customers in order to determine if there was an import impact 
for these workers. The Department requested (1) additional information 
on production at the subject facility; (2) information on the length of 
the contract with the primary customer of the subject facility; (3) 
information on the disposition of the equipment from the subject 
facility; and (4) information on other contracts for articles produced 
at the subject facility.
    None of the equipment which was shipped offshore is being used to 
produce other products not like or directly competitive with those 
manufactured at the Greenville facility.
    The primary customer reported no imports of like or directly 
competitive articles. A secondary customer, which was used as 
production fill-in at the subject facility, reported imports of less 
than six percent of like or directly competitive articles to those made 
by the subject facility.

Conclusion

    After reconsideration on remand, I affirm the original notice of 
negative determination of eligibility to apply for adjustment 
assistance for workers and former workers of Kleinerts Incorporated of 
Alabama in Greenville, Alabama.

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    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 9th day of September 1998.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 98-25836 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]
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