[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59013-59014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23578]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-81,538]


State Journal Register, Camera and Plate Department, Springfield, 
IL; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for 
Reconsideration

    By application dated August 24, 2012, a worker requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
applicable to workers and former workers of State Journal Register, 
Camera and Plate Department, Springfield, Illinois. The determination 
was issued on July 26, 2012. The Department's Notice of determination 
was published in the Federal Register on August 9, 2012 (77 FR 47674). 
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production of 
a daily newspaper. The subject worker group performs image manipulation 
for publication.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the findings that a significant number or proportion of 
workers at State Journal Register, Camera and Plate Department, 
Springfield, Illinois has not been totally or partially separated, or 
threatened with such separation, and that the criteria of Section 
222(e) of the Trade Act, as amended, have not been met.
    The request for reconsideration states that the dislocated workers 
were part of the ``Pre-Press Imaging Department'' of State Journal 
Register, Springfield, Illinois.
    A careful review of the existing record has revealed that the 
petition was filed

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on behalf of ``Camera/Plate-Prepress-Imaging, Ad Srvs. & Market'' 
workers at State Journal Register, Springfield, Illinois who were 
affected by the shift of ``advertising ad work'' to a foreign country.
    The Department will conduct further investigation to clarify the 
subject worker group and to determine if workers have met the 
eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S. 
Department of Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, 
granted.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 12th day of September 2012.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-23578 Filed 9-24-12; 8:45 am]
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