Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 46 / Wednesday, March 11, 2009 / Notices 10621 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–65,348] 

Small Parts Manufacturing, Portland, 

OR; Notice of Termination of 

Investigation 

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended, an 

investigation was initiated on February 

23, 2009 in response to a petition filed 

on behalf of workers of Small Parts 

Manufacturing, Portland, Oregon. 

The Department has determined that 

the petition is invalid. The petitioner is 

a worker and not a state agency 

representative as indicated on the 

petition. A petition filed by workers 

must be completed by three workers. 

Accordingly, this petition 

investigation is terminated. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 26th day of 

February 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–5190 Filed 3–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–65,227] 

Tama Manufacturing Co., Inc. 

Allentown, PA; Notice of Termination 

of Investigation 

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended, an 

investigation was initiated on February 

10, 2009 in response to a worker 

petition filed by UNITE HERE on behalf 

of workers of Tama Manufacturing Co., 

Inc., Allentown, Pennsylvania. 

The petitioner has requested that the 

petition be withdrawn. Consequently, 

the investigation has been terminated. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of 

March 2009. 

Richard Church, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–5172 Filed 3–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–65,251] 

The H.B. Smith Company, Westfield, 

MA; Notice of Termination of 

Investigation 

In accordance with Section 221 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an 

investigation was initiated on February 

13, 2009 in response to a petition filed 

by a company official on behalf of 

workers of The H. B. Smith Company, 

Westfield, Massachusetts. 

The petitioner has requested that the 

petition be withdrawn. Consequently, 

the investigation has been terminated. 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of 

March 2009. 

Richard Church, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–5186 Filed 3–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–64,020] 

American Multimedia, Inc., Burlington, 

NC; Notice of Negative Determination 

Regarding Application for 

Reconsideration 

By application dated January 6, 2009, 

a worker requested administrative 

reconsideration of the Department’s 

negative determination regarding 

eligibility for workers and former 

workers of American Multimedia, Inc., 

Burlington, North Carolina (subject 

firm) to apply for Trade Adjustment 

Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade 

Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The 

Department’s Notice of Affirmative 

Determination Regarding Application 

for Reconsideration was signed on 

January 9, 2009, and published in the 

Federal Register on January 15, 2009 

(74 FR 2632). 

The initial determination was based 

on the Department’s findings that 

imports of replicated media (CDs, VHS 

tapes, DVDs, and cassette tapes) did not 

contribute importantly to worker 

separations at the subject firm and that 

no shift of production to a foreign 

country occurred. 

In the request for reconsideration, the 

worker provided additional information 

regarding the customers of the subject 

firm and alleges that the customers 

might have increased imports of CDs, 

VHS tapes, DVDs, and cassette tapes. 

In order to apply for TAA based on 

increased imports, the subject worker 

group must meet the group eligibility 

requirements under Section 222(a) of 

the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. 

Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the 

following criteria must be met: 

A. A significant number or proportion of 

the workers in such workers’ firm, or an 

appropriate subdivision of the firm, have 

become totally or partially separated, or are 

threatened to become totally or partially 

separated; and 

B. The sales or production, or both, of such 

firm or subdivision have decreased 

absolutely; and 

C. Increased imports of articles like or 

directly competitive with articles produced 

by such firm or subdivision have contributed 

importantly to such workers’ separation or 

threat of separation and to the decline in 

sales or production of such firm or 

subdivision. 

A careful review of previouslysubmitted information revealed that 

neither the subject firm nor its major 

declining customers imported CDs, VHS 

tapes, DVDs, and cassette tapes. 

During the reconsideration 

investigation, the Department 

conducted a survey of the customers 

identified in the request for 

reconsideration regarding their 

purchases of CDs, VHS tapes, DVDs, and 

cassette tapes (including like or directly 

competitive articles) during 2006, 2007, 

and 2008. Based on the information 

provided by the respondents, the 

Department determines that none of the 

customers increased their imports while 

decreasing their purchases from the 

subject firm during the relevant period. 

Based on the information above, the 

Department determines that the group 

eligibility requirements under Section 

222(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as 

amended, were not met. 

In order for the Department to issue 

a certification of eligibility to apply for 

ATAA, the subject worker group must 

be certified eligible to apply for TAA. 

Since the subject workers are denied 

eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers 

cannot be certified eligible for ATAA. 

Conclusion 

After reconsideration, I affirm the 

original notice of negative 

determination of eligibility to apply for 

worker adjustment assistance for 

workers and former workers of 

American Multimedia, Inc., Burlington, 

North Carolina. 


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