DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,898

GLENSHAW GLASS COMPANY
GLENSHAW, PENNSYLVANIA


Notice of Negative Determination
on Reconsideration

On February 1, 2005, the Department issued an Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the
workers and former workers of the subject firm. The Department’s
Notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on
February 22, 2005 (70 FR 8638).
The Department initially denied Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) to former workers of Glenshaw Glass Company, Glenshaw,
Pennsylvania because the "contributed importantly" and shift of
production group eligibility requirements of Section 222(3) of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, were not met. The initial
investigation revealed that, during the relevant period, the
subject company did not import products like or directly
competitive with glass containers and that the subject company
did not shift production abroad. The survey conducted by the
Department of the subject company’s major declining customers for
the periods 2002, 2003, January through September 2003 and
January through September 2004 revealed no direct imports and a
negligible amount of indirect imports during the surveyed period.
The Department determined that the predominate cause of
workers’ separations at the subject company was related to the
flood that shut down the subject company’s furnaces beginning on
September 17, 2004.
In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner inferred
that imports contributed to the closure of the subject facility.
During the reconsideration investigation, the Department
requested additional information from the subject company,
including information which would enable the Department to
conduct an expanded customer survey.
A careful review of the new information obtained during the
reconsideration investigation revealed that the subject company’s
production level increased January through September 2004 from
January through September 2003 levels, prior to the flood, and
that subject company sales to customers increased January through
September 2004 from January through September 2003 levels.
Conclusion
After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of
negative determination of eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance for workers and former workers of Glenshaw
Glass Company, Glenshaw, Pennsylvania.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 9th day of March 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance