Murray Engineering, Inc. Complete Design Service, Flint, Michigan; Notice of Negative Determination on Remand

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-50,588] The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) remanded to the Department of Labor for further investigation Former Employees of Murray Engineering v. U.S. Secretary of Labor , USCIT 03-00219. The Department concludes that the subject worker group does not qualify for eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) benefits for two reasons. First, the subject facility does not produce an article because designs are not an article for TAA purposes. Second, irrespective of whether the subject facility's designs are articles, the petition would be denied because there was neither a shift of production nor increased imports as required under section 222(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Trade Act), and the workers do not qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under section 222(b) of the Trade Act. On January 15, 2003, the petitioner filed a petition on behalf of workers of Murray Engineering, Inc., Complete Design Service, Flint, Michigan (“Murray Engineering”) for TAA. The petition stated that workers design automotive gauges, tools, fixtures, and dies. The Department's initial negative determination for the former workers of Murray Engineering was issued on February 5, 2003. The Notice of Determination was published in the Federal Register on February 24, 2003 ( 68 FR 8620 ). The Department's determination was based on the finding that workers provided industr…