[Federal Register: March 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 59)]
[Notices]               
[Page 16061-16062]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-62,748]

 
Panasonic Primary Battery Corporation of America, Including On-
Site Workers of Panasonic Battery Corporation of America--Headquarters 
Division, Columbus, GA; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance

    In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273), and section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 
amended, the Department of Labor issued a

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Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance 
and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on March 5, 2008, 
applicable to workers of Panasonic Primary Battery Corporation of 
America, Columbus, Georgia. The notice will be published soon in the 
Federal Register.
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of alkaline batteries--sizes AA, AAA, C, D, and 9-
volt.
    New information shows that worker separations have occurred 
involving employees of Panasonic Battery Corporation of America--
Headquarters Division, employed on-site at the Columbus, Georgia 
location of Panasonic Primary Battery Corporation of America. Workers 
of the Headquarters Division provided various support function services 
for the Columbus, Georgia location of the subject firm.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending this 
certification to include all workers of Panasonic Battery Corporation 
of America--Headquarters Division working on-site at the Columbus, 
Georgia location of the subject firm.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers employed at Panasonic Primary Battery Corporation of America, 
Columbus, Georgia who were adversely affected by a shift in production 
of alkaline batteries to Thailand.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-62,748 is hereby issued as 
follows:

All workers of Panasonic Primary Battery Corporation of America, 
including on-site workers from Panasonic Battery Corporation of 
America--Headquarters Division, Columbus, Georgia, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after January 
25, 2007, through March 5, 2010, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment 
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of March 2008.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E8-6117 Filed 3-25-08; 8:45 am]

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