[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 209 (Friday, October 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 66798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27384]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-72,743]


Ormet Primary Aluminum Corporation Including On-Site Temporary 
Workers, Hannibal, OH; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By application dated March 11, 2010, a company official requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility for workers and former workers of 
Ormet Primary Aluminum Corporation, including on-site temporary 
workers, Hannibal, Ohio (subject firm) to apply for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance.
    The initial investigation, initiated November 3, 2009, resulted in 
a negative determination, issued on February 16, 2010, that was based 
on the finding that imports did not contribute importantly to worker 
separations at the subject firm and no shift in production to a foreign 
country occurred. The notice of negative determination was published in 
the Federal Register on March 12, 2010 (75 FR 11925).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information regarding overall United States production, 
consumption, and importation of primary and secondary aluminum to 
supplement that which was gathered during the initial investigation.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department of Labor 
examined the petitioner's allegations and obtained current aggregate 
data on aluminum production and imports through 2009 which was not 
available during the original investigation period.
    An analysis of that data shows that the ratio of U.S. imports to 
U.S. shipments of aluminum (primary and secondary) increased 
significantly from 2008 to 2009, reaching a level well over 100 percent 
in 2009. This increased reliance on aggregate imports of aluminum 
contributed importantly to the layoffs at the subject facility.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I determine that workers of Ormet Primary Aluminum 
Corporation, including on-site temporary workers, Hannibal, Ohio, who 
were engaged in employment related to the production of primary 
aluminum, meet the worker group certification criteria under Section 
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of 
the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2273, I make the following certification:

    ``All workers of Ormet Primary Aluminum Corporation, including 
on-site temporary workers, Hannibal, Ohio, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after October 27, 2008, 
through two years from the date of this certification, and all 
workers in the group threatened with total or partial separation 
from employment on date of certification through two years from the 
date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended.''


    Signed in Washington, DC, this 21st day of October, 2010.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-27384 Filed 10-28-10; 8:45 am]
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