[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 66090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23027]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-91,325]


Essar Steel Minnesota LLC, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Essar 
Global Fund Limited Including On-Site Leased Workers From Express 
Employment Professionals, Always There Staffing, Vesterheim Geoscience 
PLC, and Rod Johnson & Associates, Hibbing, Minnesota; Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated May 2, 2016, the state workforce office 
requested administrative reconsideration of the negative determination 
regarding workers' eligibility to apply for worker adjustment 
assistance applicable to workers and former workers of Essar Steel 
Minnesota LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary Essar Global Fund Limited, 
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals, 
Always There Staffing, Vesterheim Geoscience PLC, Rod Johnson & 
Associates, Hibbing, Minnesota. The determination was issued on April 
8, 2016.
    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 initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the findings that that imports did not increase, and that the 
workers' firm does not import machining and construction services. 
Further, the firm did not shift the supply of machining and 
construction services or like or directly competitive services to a 
foreign country or acquire machining and construction services or like 
or directly competitive services from a foreign country. Further, the 
firm is not a Supplier 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). The services supplied by the workers firm were 
not used in the production of an article, iron ore. Finally, the firm 
does not act as a 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).
    The request for reconsideration asserts that this determination is 
erroneous and that the subject firm workers should be considered in 
production of mining. The request also included additional information 
relating to this statement.
    The Department of Labor has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and the existing record, and has determined that the 
Department will conduct further investigation to determine if the 
workers meet the eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974.

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 8th day of August, 2016.
Hope D. Kinglock,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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