[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14695-14696]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6185]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-72,510]


Jeld-Wen Millwork Distribution, Wilkesboro, NC; Notice of 
Negative Determination on Reconsideration

    On October 7, 2010, the Department of Labor issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for workers and 
former workers of Jeld-Wen Millwork Distribution, Wilkesboro, North 
Carolina (subject firm). The Department's Notice was published in the 
Federal Register on October 25, 2010 (75 FR 65513).
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c), reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) If it appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.
    The petition, filed by a company official, stated that the workers 
distribute ``wood exterior door frames'' and that ``door frames are 
being imported from China and South America at a price we can't compete 
with at this location.''
    The initial negative determination was based on the findings that 
there was no increase in imports of like or directly competitive 
articles by either the subject firm or its customers, and no shift to/
acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm in production 
of like or directly competitive articles. The investigation also 
revealed that the subject firm did not produce a component part that 
was used by a firm that employed workers eligible to apply for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and used the component parts in the 
production of the article that was the basis for the TAA certification.
    The workers, in the request for reconsideration, state that the 
subject firm's competitors and customer have increased imports of like 
or directly competitive articles from China. The workers also allege 
that the articles produced at the subject firm include door component 
parts (``door jambs, door T-AST, door mull posts'') and window 
component parts (``replacement window grills'').
    Information obtained during the reconsideration investigation 
confirmed that the only articles produced by the subject firm during 
the relevant period are wood exterior door frames; that, during the 
relevant period, the subject firm did not increase reliance on imports 
of wood exterior door frames; and that the subject firm supplies 
articles exclusively to internal customers.
    Moreover, information obtained during the reconsideration 
investigation confirmed that that the subject firm did not perform a 
service (such as distribution) that was used by a firm that both 
employed a worker group eligible to apply for TAA and directly used the 
services supplied in the production of an article or supply of a 
service that was the basis for the TAA certification.
    Aggregate data reviewed during the reconsideration investigation 
revealed that U.S. imports of articles like or directly competitive 
with wood exterior door frames did not increase 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 Jeld-Wen Millwork Distribution, 
Wilkesboro, North Carolina.


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    Signed in Washington, DC, on this 4th day of March 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-6185 Filed 3-16-11; 8:45 am]
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