Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices 57089

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–55,395, TA–W–55,395A, and TA–W–

55,395B] 

Dana Undies, Blakely, GA; Arlington, 

GA; Colquitt, GA; Determinations 

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), as 

amended, the Department of Labor 

herein presents the results of its 

investigation regarding certification of 

eligibility to apply for worker 

adjustment assistance. 

The investigation was initiated on 

August 6, 2004, in response to a petition 

filed on behalf of workers of Dana 

Undies, Blakely, Arlington, and 

Colquitt, Georgia. The workers at 

Blakely and Colquitt produced infants’, 

toddlers’, and boys’ and girls’

underwear. Workers at Arlington 

supported the plant in Blakely. 

In order to make an affirmative 

determination and issue a certification 

of eligibility to apply for Trade 

Adjustment Assistance, the group 

eligibility requirements in either 

paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of section 

222 of the Trade Act must be met. It is 

determined in the case of the Blakely 

and Arlington facilities that the 

requirements of (a)(2)(A) of section 222 

have been met. 

The investigation revealed that sales, 

production and employment at the 

Blakely/Arlington facilities decreased 

from 2002 to 2003 and in January 

through July, 2004 compared with the 

same period of 2003. 

The subject firm has increased its 

company imports of underwear from 

Thailand in 2004 impacting production 

and employment at the Blakely facility. 

United States aggregate imports of 

infant’s apparel increased absolutely 

and relative to shipments in 2003 

compared with 2002. The import to 

consumption ratio was over 1,000 

percent in 2003. 

In accordance with section 246 the 

Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 

amended, the Department of Labor 

herein presents the results of its 

investigation regarding certification of 

eligibility to apply for alternative trade 

adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older 

workers. 

In order for the Department to issue 

a certification of eligibility to apply for 

ATAA, the group eligibility 

requirements of section 246 of the Trade 

Act must be met. The Department has 

determined in this case that the 

requirements of section 246 have been 

met. 

A significant number of workers at the 

firm are age 50 or over and possess 

skills that are not easily transferable. 

Competitive conditions within the 

industry are adverse. 

Furthermore, Pursuant to section 221 

of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 

an investigation was initiated on August 

6, 2004, in response to a worker petition 

filed on behalf of workers at Dana 

Undies, Colquitt, Georgia. 

The investigation revealed that in the 

case of Dana Undies, Colquitt, Georgia, 

all workers were separated from the 

subject firm more than one year before 

the date of the petition. Section 223(b) 

of the Act specifies that no certification 

may apply to any worker whose last 

separation occurred more than one year 

before the date of the petition. 

Consequently, further investigation in 

this case would serve no purpose, and 

the investigation of the Colquitt facility 

has been terminated. 

Conclusion 

After careful review of the facts 

obtained in the investigation, I 

determine that increases of imports of 

articles like or directly competitive with 

underwear produced at Dana Undies, 

Blakely and Arlington, Georgia 

contributed importantly to the total or 

partial separation of workers and to the 

decline in sales or production at that 

firm or subdivision. In accordance with 

the provisions of the Act, I make the 

following certification:

‘‘All workers of Dana Undies, Blakely, 

Georgia (TA–W–55,395), and Arlington, 

Georgia (TA–W–55,395A), who became 

totally or partially separated from 

employment on or after August 5, 2003 

through two years from the date of 

certification 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.’’

Furthermore, I determine that the 

investigation of workers of Dana Undies, 

Colquitt, Georgia (TA–W–55,395B) has 

been terminated for the aforementioned 

reasons.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 14th day of 

September 2004. 

Richard Church, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. E4–2338 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Investigations Regarding Certifications 

of Eligibility To Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance 

Petitions have been filed with the 

Secretary of Labor under section 221(a) 

of the Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’) and 

are identified in the Appendix to this 

notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, 

the Director of the Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance, Employment 

and Training Administration, has 

instituted investigations pursuant to 

section 221(a) of the Act. 

The purpose of each of the 

investigations is to determine whether 

the workers are eligible to apply for 

adjustment assistance under Title II, 

Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations 

will further relate, as appropriate, to the 

determination of the date on which total 

or partial separations began or 

threatened to begin and the subdivision 

of the firm involved. 

The petitioners or any other persons 

showing a substantial interest in the 

subject matter of the investigations may 

request a public hearing, provided such 

request is filed in writing with the 

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance, at the address shown below, 

not later than October 4, 2004. 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written comments regarding the 

subject matter of the investigations to 

the Director, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance, at the address 

shown below, not later than October 4, 

2004. 

The petitions filed in this case are 

available for inspection at the Office of 

the Director, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance, Employment 

and Training Administration, U.S. 

Department of Labor, Room C–5311, 200 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of 

September 2004. 

Timothy Sullivan, 

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance.

57090 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices 

APPENDIX

[Petitions instituted between 08/30/2004 and 9/10/2004] 

TA–W Subject firm

(petitioners) Location Date ofinstitution 

Date of

petition 

55,514 .......... Elliott Power Systems (Comp) ........................................................................ Lexington, TN .............. 08/31/2004 08/31/2004 

55,515 .......... Burkart Carolina, LLC (Comp) ......................................................................... Henderson, NC ........... 08/31/2004 08/25/2004 

55,516 .......... Invista, Inc. (Wkrs) ........................................................................................... Kinston, NC ................. 08/31/2004 08/26/2004 

55,517 .......... U.S. Fuji Electric (Wkrs) .................................................................................. Ashland, VA ................ 08/31/2004 08/24/2004 

55,518 .......... BASF (TX) ....................................................................................................... Freeport, TX ................ 08/31/2004 08/30/2004 

55,519 .......... Pinehurst Manufacturing (Comp) .................................................................... Albemarle, NC ............. 08/31/2004 08/24/2004 

55,520 .......... Galey and Lord Industries (Comp) .................................................................. New York, NY ............. 08/31/2004 08/24/2004 

55,521 .......... Micro Craft (MI) ............................................................................................... Novi, MI ....................... 08/31/2004 08/27/2004 

55,522 .......... Ace Electrical Acquisition, LLC (Comp) .......................................................... Columbus, KS ............. 08/31/2004 08/27/2004 

55,523 .......... Meadwestvaco (Comp) .................................................................................... Garland, TX ................. 08/31/2004 08/30/2004 

55,524 .......... Spartech Vy-Cal (USWA) ................................................................................ Conshocken, PA ......... 08/31/2004 08/27/2004 

55,525 .......... Pacific Precision Metals (Comp) ..................................................................... Azusa, CA ................... 08/31/2004 08/25/2004 

55,526 .......... IQE, Inc. (Wkrs) ............................................................................................... Bethlehem, PA ............ 08/31/2004 08/12/2004 

55,527 .......... Thomson/Biosis (NPW) ................................................................................... Philadelphia, PA .......... 08/31/2004 08/12/2004 

55,528 .......... Drager Medical (Wkrs) .................................................................................... Telford, PA .................. 08/31/2004 08/06/2004 

55,529 .......... Plastek Group (Wkrs) ...................................................................................... Erie, PA ....................... 08/31/2004 08/23/2004 

55,530 .......... AT and T Corp. (NPW) .................................................................................... Augusta, GA ................ 08/31/2004 08/30/2004 

55,531 .......... Electronic Data Systems (NPW) ..................................................................... Raleigh, NC ................. 08/31/2004 08/29/2004 

55,532 .......... Primavera Manufacturing Corp. (Comp) ......................................................... Philadelphia, PA .......... 08/31/2004 08/24/2004 

55,533 .......... Johnson Electric (Comp) ................................................................................. Brownsville, TX ........... 09/01/2004 08/31/2004 

55,534 .......... Collins Tool Corp. (Comp) ............................................................................... Lewistown, PA ............ 09/01/2004 08/31/2004 

55,535 .......... KEMET Electronic (Comp) .............................................................................. Brownsville, TX ........... 09/01/2004 08/31/2004 

55,536 .......... Hitachi Magnetics Corp. (Comp) ..................................................................... Edmore, MI ................. 09/01/2004 08/24/2004 

55,537 .......... Great Lakes Castings Corp. (Comp) ............................................................... Ludington, MI .............. 09/01/2004 08/27/2002 

55,538 .......... Amerock (Comp) ............................................................................................. Rockford, IL ................. 09/01/2004 08/31/2004 

55,539 .......... Clover Garments (Wkrs) .................................................................................. San Francisco, CA ...... 09/01/2004 08/30/2002 

55,540 .......... American Uniform Co. (Comp) ........................................................................ Conasauga, TN ........... 09/01/2004 08/24/2004 

55,541 .......... Glencore Ltd. (NPS) ........................................................................................ Stamford, CT ............... 09/01/2004 08/31/2004 

55,542 .......... McGarry Machine (OR) ................................................................................... Portland, OR ............... 09/01/2004 08/31/2004 

55,543 .......... Clifford Tools and Mfg. Company (CA) ........................................................... Chatsworth, CA ........... 09/02/2004 08/27/2004 

55,544 .......... Canteen Vending (Comp) ................................................................................ Fletcher, NC ................ 09/02/2004 08/23/2004 

55,545 .......... Hooker Furniture Corp. (Comp) ...................................................................... Maiden, NC ................. 09/02/2004 08/26/2004 

55,546 .......... Georgia Pacific Corp. (Comp) ......................................................................... Bellingham, WA .......... 09/02/2004 08/31/2004 

55,547 .......... Eddie Labels and Accessories Corp. (Wkrs) .................................................. City of Industr, CA ...... 09/02/2004 09/01/2004 

55,548 .......... Miller Golf Co. (Comp) .................................................................................... Rockland, MA .............. 09/02/2004 08/13/2004 

55,549 .......... Engineering Service (Wkrs) ............................................................................. Troy, MI ....................... 09/03/2004 09/01/2004 

55,550 .......... Owen Manufacturing (Wkrs) ............................................................................ Owen, WI .................... 09/03/2004 08/26/2004 

55,551 .......... Corra-Board Products—Timbar Packaging (Comp) ........................................ Hanover, PA ................ 09/08/2004 08/31/2004 

55,552 .......... Nu-Kote International (Comp) ......................................................................... Chatsworth, CA ........... 09/03/2004 08/25/2004 

55,553 .......... Honeywell (Wkrs) ............................................................................................ Falls Church, VA ......... 09/03/2004 08/27/2004 

55,554 .......... Array/KCS Industries (WI) ............................................................................... Hartland, WI ................ 09/03/2004 09/02/2004 

55,555 .......... American Offset Printing Ink (Comp) .............................................................. Charlotta, NC .............. 09/03/2004 08/25/2004 

55,556 .......... Aeronca (IAM) ................................................................................................. Middletown, OH ........... 09/03/2004 08/27/2004 

55,557 .......... TSI of Florida/Cable SPEC LLC (Comp) ........................................................ Grand Prairie, TX ........ 09/03/2004 08/31/2004 

55,558 .......... Emerson Appliance Controls (Comp) .............................................................. Sparta, TN ................... 09/03/2004 08/26/2004 

55,559 .......... Chatham Borgstena Automotive Textiles (Comp) ........................................... Mount Airy, NC ............ 09/03/2004 08/25/2004 

55,560 .......... Lacey Manufacturing Co. (Comp) ................................................................... Bridgeport, CT ............. 09/03/2004 09/02/2004 

55,561 .......... Nibco Inc., (Wkrs) ............................................................................................ Elkhart, IN ................... 09/07/2004 08/18/2004 

55,562 .......... Engineering Service (Wkrs) ............................................................................. Troy, MI ....................... 09/07/2004 09/01/2004 

55,563 .......... Marsilli North America (Comp) ........................................................................ Owings Mills, MD ........ 09/07/2004 09/05/2004 

55,564 .......... Haeger Potteries of Macomb (The) (Comp) ................................................... Macomb, IL ................. 09/07/2004 09/03/2004 

55,565 .......... Wing Tai Company (Wkrs) .............................................................................. San Francisco, CA ...... 09/07/2004 09/03/2004 

55,566 .......... Johnson Screens (MN) .................................................................................... New Brighton, MN ....... 09/07/2004 09/03/2004 

55,567 .......... Honeywell Video Systems (Comp) .................................................................. Falls Church, VA ......... 09/08/2004 08/30/2004 

55,568 .......... Arch Wireless (Wkrs) ....................................................................................... Charlotte, NC .............. 09/08/2004 09/03/2004 

55,569 .......... SM Company (Comp) ...................................................................................... Asheville, NC ............... 09/08/2004 09/07/2004 

55,570 .......... Queen Manufacturing (Comp) ......................................................................... Asheville, NC ............... 09/08/2004 09/07/2004 

55,571 .......... Westling Manufacturing Co. (MN) ................................................................... Princeton, MN ............. 09/08/2004 09/02/2004 

55,572 .......... Down River, LLC (Wkrs) ................................................................................. White City, OR ............ 09/09/2004 08/31/2004 

55,573 .......... Libbey Glass (USWA) ..................................................................................... Walnut, CA .................. 09/09/2004 08/31/2004 

55,574 .......... Philips Lighting Co. (IBEW) ............................................................................. Paris, TX ..................... 09/09/2004 09/02/2004 

55,575 .......... Duncan Industries (AR) ................................................................................... Harrison, AR ................ 09/09/2004 09/08/2004 

55,576 .......... Hickory Springs Mgf. Co. (Wkrs) ..................................................................... Conover, NC ............... 09/09/2004 09/08/2004 

55,577 .......... Resources Conservation (CT) ......................................................................... Stamford, CT ............... 09/09/2004 09/08/2004 

55,578 .......... Clestica Corporation (AR) ............................................................................... Little Rock, AR ............ 09/09/2004 09/08/2004 

55,579 .......... Cozzini, Inc. (CA) ............................................................................................ San Leandro, CA ........ 09/09/2004 08/31/2004 

55,580 .......... Lear Corporation (UAW) .................................................................................. New Castle, DE ........... 09/09/2004 08/23/2004 

55,581 .......... West Point Foundry and Machine (Wkrs) ....................................................... West Point, GA ........... 09/09/2004 08/26/2004 

55,582 .......... American Falcon Corp. (Comp) ...................................................................... Auburn, ME ................. 09/10/2004 09/08/2004 

55,583 .......... Android Industries (Comp) .............................................................................. Vienna, OH ................. 09/10/2004 09/08/2004 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices 57091

APPENDIX—Continued

[Petitions instituted between 08/30/2004 and 9/10/2004] 

TA–W Subject firm

(petitioners) Location Date ofinstitution 

Date of

petition 

55,584 .......... Pompei Furniture/BJI Employees Services ..................................................... Miami, FL .................... 09/10/2004 09/09/2004 

55,585 .......... Blue Ridge Paper Products (NJ) ..................................................................... Morristown, NJ ............ 09/10/2004 09/09/2004 

55,586 .......... IBM (NC) .......................................................................................................... Durham, NC ................ 09/10/2004 09/09/2004 

55,587 .......... General Electric Co. (Wkrs) ............................................................................ Conover, NC ............... 09/10/2004 08/31/2004 

55,588 .......... Zellweger Analytics (FL) .................................................................................. Miramar, FL ................. 09/10/2004 09/09/2004 

[FR Doc. 04–21348 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–55,333] 

Gateway Country Store, Whitehall Mall, 

Whitehall, PA; Dismissal of Application 

for Reconsideration 

Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(C) an 

application for administrative 

reconsideration was filed with the 

Director of the Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance for workers at 

Gateway Country Store, Whitehall Mall, 

Whitehall, Pennsylvania. The 

application contained no new 

substantial information which would 

bear importantly on the Department’s 

determination. Therefore, dismissal of 

the application was issued.

TA–W–55,333; Gateway Country Store, 

Whitehall Mall Whitehall Mall, 

Pennsylvania (September 16, 2004)

Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of 

September 2004. 

Timothy Sullivan, 

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment 

Assistance.

[FR Doc. E4–2335 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–55,294] 

GE Electric, Consumer & Industrial 

Division, Ravenna Lamp Plant, 

Ravenna, OH; Notice of Revised 

Determination on Reconsideration of 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance 

By letter dated August 17, 2004, a 

petitioner requested administrative 

reconsideration regarding Alternative 

Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). 

The negative determination was signed 

on July 29, 2004, and published in the 

Federal Register on August 20, 2004 (69 

FR 51716). 

The workers of GE Electric, Consumer 

& Industrial Division, Ravenna Lamp 

Plant, Ravenna, Ohio, were certified 

eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment 

Assistance (TAA) on July 29, 2004. 

The initial ATAA investigation 

determined that the skills of the subject 

worker group are easily transferable to 

other positions in the local area. 

The petitioner alleges in the request 

for reconsideration that the skills of the 

workers at the subject firm are not easily 

transferable. 

Additional investigation has 

determined that the workers possess 

skills that are not easily transferable. A 

significant number or proportion of the 

worker group are age fifty years or over. 

Competitive conditions within the 

industry are adverse. 

Conclusion 

After careful review of the additional 

facts obtained on reconsideration, I 

conclude that the requirements of 

section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 

amended, have been met for workers at 

the subject firm. 

In accordance with the provisions of 

the Act, I make the following 

certification:

All workers of GE Electric, Consumer & 

Industrial Division, Ravenna Lamp Plant, 

Ravenna, Ohio, who became totally or 

partially separated from employment on or 

after July 16, 2003, through July 29, 2006, 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 in Washington, DC this 15th day of 

September, 2004. 

Linda G. Poole, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. E4–2332 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–55,536] 

Hitachi Magnetics Corporation, 

Edmore, MI; Notice of Termination of 

Investigation 

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade 

Act of 1974, an investigation was 

initiated on September 1, 2004 in 

response to a worker petition which was 

filed by a company official on behalf of 

workers at Hitachi Magnetics 

Corporation, Edmore, Michigan. 

The petitioning group of workers is 

covered by an active trade adjustment 

assistance certification (TA–W–50,272) 

which remains in effect through January 

3, 2005. Consequently, further 

investigation in this case would serve 

no purpose, and the investigation has 

been terminated.

Signed in Washington, DC this 7th day of 

September, 2004. 

Elliott S. Kushner, 

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. E4–2340 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training 

Administration 

[TA–W–55,567] 

Honeywell Video Systems, Falls 

Church, VA; Notice of Termination of 

Investigation 

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade 

Act of 1974, as amended, an 

investigation was initiated on 

September 8, 2004, in response to a 

petition filed by a company official on 

behalf of workers at Honeywell Video 

Systems, Falls Church, Virginia. 

The petitioning group of workers is 

covered by an earlier petition instituted 

on September 3, 2004 (TA–W–55,553), 

that is the subject of an ongoing 

investigation for which a determination