[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16821-16822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06679]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-82,998]


Innovative Dental, Inc., Reno, Nevada; Notice of Negative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated September 27, 2013, a separated worker 
requested administrative reconsideration of the Department of Labor's 
negative determination regarding eligibility to apply for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA), applicable to workers and former workers 
of the subject firm (issued September 12, 2013). The Department's 
Notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on 
October 3, 2013 (78 FR 61394).
    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 mis-
interpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of the 
decision.
    The negative determination of the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
petition filed on behalf of workers at Innovative Dental, Inc., Reno, 
Nevada was based on the Department's findings that a significant number 
or proportion of workers at the subject firm has not been totally or 
partially separated, or threatened with such separation. In a worker 
group of fewer than fifty workers, a significant number or proportion 
of workers is three workers. 29 CFR 90.2
    The request for reconsideration stated that ``over 60% of the 
dental laboratory restorations in this country are manufactured 
overseas . . . or across our Southern border'' and did not provide any 
information regarding the

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number or proportion of workers separated at the subject firm. The 
request for reconsideration did not include any supporting documents. 
The Department contacted the worker for information regarding the 
number or proportion of workers separated from the subject firm, but 
did not receive any additional information.
    The petitioner did not supply facts not previously considered; nor 
provide additional documentation indicating that there was either (1) a 
mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered or (2) 
a misinterpretation of facts or of the law justifying reconsideration 
of the initial determination. Based on these findings, the Department 
determines that 29 CFR 90.18(c) has not been met.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the application and investigative findings, 
I conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law 
or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department 
of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 13th day of March, 2014.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2014-06679 Filed 3-25-14; 8:45 am]
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