[Federal Register: December 29, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 248)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,022, TA-W-52,022A, and TA-W-52,022B]


Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance
Center, Research Triangle Park, NC; Nortel Networks Corporation,
Optical Global Technical Assistance Center, Pittsburgh, PA; Nortel
Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center,
Centennial, CO; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of August 15, 2003, a petitioner requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination
issued on July 22, 2003, based on the finding that the petitioning
workers of this firm do not produce an article within the meaning of
section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. The denial notice was published
in the Federal Register on August 14, 2003 (68 FR 48645).
    In a review of the initial investigation, it was revealed that the
work performed by the worker group did perform testing and product
modification, and that subject firm workers produced an article as part
of the finishing work performed on fiber optic backbone
telecommunication networks. It was further revealed that employment
declines occurred at all three facilities and that the company is now
relying on a Canadian facility to serve the same customer base as that
which is served by the three domestic facilities where the petitioners
are employed.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced at Nortel Networks
Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center (GTAC),
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (TA-W-52,022); Nortel Networks
Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-52,022A); and Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical
Global Technical Assistance Center, Centennial, Colorado (TA-W-
52,022B), contributed importantly to the declines in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers at the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:

    All workers of Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical Global
Technical Assistance Center (GTAC), Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina (TA-W-52,022); Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical Global
Technical Assistance Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
52,022A); and Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical
Assistance Center, Centennial, Colorado (TA-W-52,022B), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 26,
2002 through two years from the date of this certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974.


    Signed in Washington, DC this 15th day of December 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-31863 Filed 12-24-03; 8:45 am]

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