Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 10 / Thursday, January 15, 2009 / Notices 2633 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–64,083] 

American Axle & Manufacturing, 

Detroit Manufacturing Complex, 

Holbrook Avenue and Saint Aubin, 

Detroit, MI; Amended Certification 

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance and 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance 

In accordance with section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and 

section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 

U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the 

Department of Labor issued a 

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for 

Worker Adjustment Assistance and 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance on November 24, 2008, 

applicable to all workers of American 

Axle & Manufacturing, Detroit 

Manufacturing Complex, Detroit, 

Michigan. The notice was published in 

the Federal Register on December 10, 

2008 (73 FR 75137). 

In response to a petition filed by a 

State agency representative on behalf of 

workers producing auto parts at 

American Axle & Manufacturing, Detroit 

Forge Plant, 8435 Saint Aubin, Detroit, 

Michigan (TA–W–64,742), the 

Department reviewed the certification 

for workers of American Axle & 

Manufacturing, Detroit Manufacturing 

Complex, Detroit, Michigan (TA–W– 

64,083). 

The review shows that the address for 

the Detroit Complex is 1840 Holbrook 

Avenue and is comprised of multiple 

plants producing drive train 

components, including axle, steering 

linkage, and other metal-formed 

products. Two of the firm’s sites, Saint 

Aubin and Holbrook Avenue, merged in 

2007. When these locations were 

merged, the Holbrook address became 

the primary address for the multiple 

plants in the Detroit Complex. 

The Department is amending the 

certification to clarify that the 

certification is to cover all workers of 

American Axle & Manufacturing, Detroit 

Manufacturing Complex, including 

those workers in forge and non-forge 

plants at Saint Aubin and Holbrook 

Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. 

The amended notice applicable to TAW–64,083 is hereby issued as follows: 

‘‘All workers of American Axle & 

Manufacturing, Detroit Manufacturing 

Complex, Saint Aubin and Holbrook Avenue, 

Detroit, Michigan, who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after September 16, 2007 through November 

24, 2010, are eligible to apply for adjustment 

assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act 

of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for 

alternative trade adjustment assistance under 

Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.’’ 

Signed in Washington, DC, this 8th day of 

January 2009. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–645 Filed 1–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–63,897] 

IAC Canton, Inc., a Subsidiary of 

International Automotive Components 

Group North America, Inc., Canton, 

OH; Notice of Negative Determination 

on Reconsideration 

On November 6, 2008, the Department 

issued an Affirmative Determination 

Regarding Application for 

Reconsideration for the workers and 

former workers of the subject firm. The 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register on November 13, 2008 (73 FR 

67207). 

The initial investigation resulted in a 

negative determination based on the 

finding that imports of rubber sheets, 

dash insulators, and rubber floor mats 

did not contribute importantly to 

worker separations at the subject firm 

and no shift of production to a foreign 

source occurred. 

The petitioner alleged that the subject 

firm has been moving the dash insulator 

equipment to Canada and requested that 

an investigation of a shift in production 

to Canada be undertaken. 

The Department of Labor contacted a 

company official to verify this 

information. The company official 

stated that no production of rubber 

sheets, dash insulators, and rubber floor 

mats and no equipment have been 

moved from the subject facility to 

Canada. The company official also 

provided a statement that the 

production was shifted from the subject 

facility to Springfield, Tennessee. 

The petitioner further alleges that 

production at the subject firm has been 

negatively impacted by increase in sales 

of imported vehicles. The petitioner 

concludes that because rubber sheets, 

dash insulators, and rubber floor mats 

are used to manufacture vehicles and 

sales and production of rubber sheets, 

dash insulators, and rubber floor mats at 

the subject firm have been negatively 

impacted by increasing presence of 

foreign imports of vehicles on the 

market, workers of the subject firm 

should be eligible for TAA. 

In order to establish import impact, 

the Department must consider imports 

that are like or directly competitive with 

those produced at the subject firm. The 

Department conducted a survey of the 

subject firm’s major declining customer 

regarding its purchases of rubber sheets, 

dash insulators, and rubber floor mats. 

The survey revealed that the declining 

customer did not import rubber sheets, 

dash insulators, and rubber floor mats in 

2006, 2007 and during January through 

July 2008. 

Imports of vehicles cannot be 

considered like or directly competitive 

with rubber sheets, dash insulators, and 

rubber floor mats produced by IAC 

Canton, Inc., Canton, Ohio, and imports 

of vehicles are not relevant in this 

investigation. 

Whether the subject firm’s customers 

were import impacted is relevant to a 

determination of whether subject firm 

workers are eligible for TAA based on 

the subject firm being a secondary 

upstream supplier of a trade certified 

primary firm. For certification on the 

basis of the workers’ firm being a 

secondary upstream supplier, the 

subject firm must produce component 

parts of an article that was the basis for 

a TAA certification of customer(s) 

during the relevant period. 

The Department conducted a further 

investigation and determined that none 

of the customers of the subject firm was 

certified eligible for TAA during the 

relevant period. 

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 IAC 

Canton, Inc., a subsidiary of 

International Automotive Components 

Group, North America, Inc., Canton, 

Ohio. 

Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

January 2009. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–647 Filed 1–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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