GE Lighting, Providence Base Plant, Providence, Rhode Island; Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 6916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3379]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-34,811]


GE Lighting, Providence Base Plant, Providence, Rhode Island; 
Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening

    On January 14, 1999, the International Union of Electronic, 
Electrical, Technical, Salaried, and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, 
requested administrative reconsideration of the Department's Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For Worker Adjustment 
Assistance for workers and former workers of the GE Lighting, 
Providence Base Plant, Providence, Rhode Island.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on October 23, 1998, because imports did not contribute 
importantly to the worker separations. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on December 16, 1998 (63 FR 69312).
    New information submitted to the Department by the subject firm 
indicates that the company has shifted production to Mexico and is 
importing into the U.S. like or directly competitive articles which 
were previously produced at the subject facility.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on reopening, 
it is concluded that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with lamp bases produced by the subject firm contributed 
importantly to the decline in sales and to the total or partial 
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following revised 
determination:

    All workers of GE Lighting, Providence Base Plant, Providence, 
Rhode Island who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after July 14, 1997 through two years from the date 
of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of January 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-3379 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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