[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 37586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14854]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-82,440]


Stone Age Interiors, Inc., D/B/A Colorado Springs Marble and 
Granite, Including On-Site Leased Workers From Express Employment 
Professionals, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated May 16, 2013, a company official requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
applicable to workers and former workers of Stone Age Interiors, Inc., 
d/b/a Colorado Springs Marble and Granite, Colorado Springs, Colorado 
(subject firm). The negative determination was issued on April 15, 2013 
and the Notice of Determination was published in the Federal Register 
on May 15, 2013 (78 FR 28628-28630). Workers at the subject firm were 
engaged in activities related to the production of finished stone 
fabrication. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from 
Express Employment Professionals.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the Department's findings that Criterion (2)(A)(ii) has not 
been met because imports of articles like or directly competitive with 
finished stone fabrication produced by Stone Age did not increase 
during the relevant period.
    With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the investigation 
revealed that Stone Age did not shift production of finished stone 
fabrication, or like or directly competitive articles, to a foreign 
country, or acquire such production from a foreign country.
    With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the investigation 
revealed that Stone Age is neither a Supplier nor Downstream Producer 
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification 
of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(a).
    Finally, the group eligibility requirements under Section 222(e) of 
the Act have not been satisfied because Stone Age has not been 
publically identified by name by the International Trade Commission as 
a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in an 
affirmative finding of serious injury, market disruption, or material 
injury, or threat thereof.
    The request for reconsideration alleges that increased imports of 
finished product from China have adversely impacted the business and 
that the information provided by the subject firm was incomplete and/or 
misunderstood.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and the existing record, and will conduct further 
investigation to determine if the workers meet 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 7th day of June, 2013.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013-14854 Filed 6-20-13; 8:45 am]
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