[Federal Register: May 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 103)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-60,086]

 
Ford Motor Company Product Development and Engineering Center; 
Dearborn, MI; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application 
for Reconsideration

    By letter dated April 15, 2007, three workers requested 
administrative reconsideration by the Department of Labor (Department) 
of the Department's Notice of Negative Determination Regarding 
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, applicable to 
workers and former workers of the subject firm. The negative 
determination was issued on March 15, 2007. The Department's Notice of 
determination was published in the Federal Register on March 30, 2007 
(72 FR 15168). The subject worker group performed product development 
and engineering services.
    The determination states that ``In order to be considered eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act, 
the worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf

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certification is being sought) must work for a ``firm'' or appropriate 
subdivision that produces an article domestically and there must be a 
relationship between the workers' work and the article produced by the 
workers' firm or appropriate subdivision.'' The negative determination 
was based on the Department's findings that the subject worker group 
did not directly support subject firm production.
    In the request for reconsideration, the workers alleged that the 
subject worker group directly supported domestic production of 
automobiles produced by Ford Motor Company.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the workers' request for 
reconsideration and the existing record, and has determined that an 
administrative review is appropriate.

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 22nd day of May 2007.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E7-10305 Filed 5-29-07; 8:45 am]

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