Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 87 / Thursday, May 4, 2000 / Notices 25947

[FR Doc. 00–11115 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,466, TA–W–37,466A]

Rochester Button Company; South

Boston, VA; Kenbridge VA; Amended

Certification Regarding Eligibility To

Apply for Worker Adjustment

Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the

Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the

Department of Labor issued a

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for

Worker Adjustment Assistance on April

13, 2000, applicable to workers of

Rochester Button Company, South

Boston, Virginia. The notice will be

published soon in the Federal Register.

At the request of the company, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm.

Information received by the company

shows that worker separations occurred

at the Kenbridge, Virginia location of

Rochester Button Company. The

workers are engaged in the production

of polyester buttons.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Rochester Button Company who were

adversely affected by increased imports.

Accordingly, the Department is

amending the certification to cover the

workers of Rochester Button Company,

Kenbridge, Virginia.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–37,466 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of Rochester Button Company,

South Boston, Virginia (TA–W–37,466), and

Kenbridge, Virginia (TA–W–37,466A), who

became totally or partially separated from

employment on or after March 1, 1999,

through April 13, 2002 are eligible to apply

for adjustment assistance under Section 223

of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington D.C. this 27th day of

April, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–11114 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,331]

Vesuvius Premier Refractories

Washington, Pennsylvania; 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

Vesuvius Premier Refractories,

Washington, 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–37,331; Vesuvius Premier

Refractories. Washington, Pennsylvania

(April 26, 2000)

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 27th day

of April, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–11116 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA—03151]

A and M, Inc. d/b/a Homemaker North

Charleston, SC; Amended Certification

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for

NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment

Assistance

In accordance with Section 250(A),

Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the

Department of Labor issued a

Certification for NAFTA Transitional

Adjustment Assistance on June 25,

1999, applicable to workers of

Homemaker Industries, Inc. located in

North Charleston, South Carolina. The

notice was published in the Federal

Register on July 20, 1999 (64 FR 38922).

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 braided rugs. New information

received from the company shows that

on April 17, 2000, A and M, Inc.

purchased Homemaker Industries, Inc.

and became known as A and M Inc., d/

b/a Homemaker. Information also shows

that workers separated from

employment at Homemaker Industries,

Inc. had their wages reported under a

separate unemployment insurance (UI)

tax account for A and M, Inc., d/b/a

Homemaker.

Accordingly, the Department is

amending the certification to properly

reflect this matter.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Homemaker Industries, Inc. who were

adversely affected by the shift of

production to Mexico.

The amended notice applicable to

NAFTA—03151 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of A and M, Inc., d/b/a

Homemaker, North Charleston, South

Carolina who became totally or partially

separated from employment on or after May

4, 1998 through June 25, 2001 are eligible to

apply for NAFTA–TAA under Section 250 of

the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 27th day

of April, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–11118 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,011 and NAFTA–3527]

Cooper Energy Services, Grove City,

PA; Notice of Affirmative

Determination Regarding Application

for Reconsideration

By letter of January 31, 2000, the

petitioners request administrative

reconsideration of the Department of

Labor’s Notice of Negative

Determinations Regarding Eligibility to

Apply for Worker Adjustment

Assistance (TAA) and North American

Free Trade Agreement-Transitional

Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA–TAA)

application to workers and former

workers of the subject firm. The denial

notices were signed on January 14,

2000, and published in the Federal

Register on February 4, 2000 (65 FR

5690) and (65 FR 5691), respectively.

The petitioners present evidence that

some of the production performed by

workers at the subject firm has been

shifted to Canada and is returning to the

United States.

Conclusion

After careful review of the

application, I conclude that the claim is

of sufficient weight to justify

reconsideration of the Department of

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Labor’s prior decision. The application

is, therefore, granted.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 27th day

of April 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–11109 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–03–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–36,108 & NAFTA 3,104]

Sherman Lumber Company, Sherman

Station, ME; Notice of Negative

Determination on Reconsideration

On August 17, 1999, the Department

issued an Affirmative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration for the workers and

former workers of the subject firm. The

notice was published in the Federal

Register on August 31, 1999 (64 FR

47521).

The Department initially denied TAA

to workers of Sherman Lumber because

the ‘‘contributed importantly’’ group

eligibility requirement of Section 222(3)

of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended,

was not met. The workers at the subject

firm were engaged in employment

related to the production of maple

flooring.

The petitioner asserted that sufficient

customers have not been surveyed and

requested that the Department survey

bids lost by the subject firm.

On reconsideration, the Department

requested that the subject firm provide

additional information about customers

and lost bids. The Department

conducted a survey of lost domestic

bids by the subject firm. The

respondents indicated that their

purchase of maple flooring were from

domestic manufacturers.

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 Sherman

Lumber, Sherman Station, Maine.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of

April, 2000.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–11120 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

NAFTA–3369

Superior—Essex, Pauline, KS; Notice

of Negative Determination on

Reconsideration

On March 20, 2000, the Department

issued an Affirmative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration for the workers and

former workers of the subject firm.

United Steelworkers of America stated

that the production of copper rod was

shifted from the Pauline, Kansas plant

of Superior-Essex to Mexico. The notice

was published in the Federal Register

on March 27, 2000 (65 FR 16227).

The Department initially denied

NAFTA–TAA to workers producing

copper building wire at Superior-Essex,

Pauline, Kansas based on the finding

that criteria (3) and (4) of the group

eligibility requriements of paragraph

(a)(1) of Section 250 of the Trade Act,

as amended, were not met. The subject

firm did not increase imports of like

products from Canada or Mexico, nor

did it shift production to Canada or

Mexico.

New information obtained on

reconsideration regarding the

production of copper rod at the subject

plant show that prior to the plant

closure, sales and production of copper

rod increased from 1998 to 1999.

Superior—Essex did not import copper

rod form Mexico or Canada, nor did it

shift production from Pauline, Kansas to

those countries. The copper rod

produced by workers at the SuperiorEssex, Pauline, Kansas, is being

transferred to other domestic plants of

the subject firm.

Conclusion

After reconsideration, I affirm the

original notice of negative

determination of eligibility to apply for

NAFTA–TAA for workers and former

workers of Superior—Essex, Pauline,

Kansas.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day

of April 2000.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–11119 Filed 5–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA—02738A]

Talon, Inc., Division of Coats North

America, Lake City, SC; Including

Temporary Workers of Will Staff

Personnel Services, Greenville, SC;

Amended Certification Regarding

Eligibility To Apply for NAFTATransitional Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 250(a),

Subchapter D, Chapter 2, title II, of the

Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273), the

Department of Labor issued a

Certification for NAFTA Transitional

Adjustment Assistance on December 11,

1998, applicable to workers of Talon,

Inc., Division of Coats North America,

Lake City, South Carolina. The notice

was published in the Federal Register

on December 23, 1998 (63 FR 71166).

At the request of the States agency,

the Department reviewed the

certification for workers of the subject

firm. New information provided by the

State shows that some workers

separated from employment at Talon,

Inc. had their wages reported under a

separate unemployment insurance (UI)

tax account at Will Staff Personnel

Services. Workers from Will Staff

Personnel Services produced zippers at

the Lake City, South Carolina location of

Talon, Inc.

Based on these findings, the

Department is amending the

certification to include workers from

Will Staff Personnel Services,

Greenville, South Carolina who were

engaged in the production of zippers at

Talon, Inc., Lake City, South Carolina.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Talon, Inc, Division of Coats North

America adversely affected by the shift

of production to Mexico.

The amended notice applicable to

NAFTA—02738A is hereby issued as

follows:

‘‘All workers of Talon, Inc., Division of

Coats North America, Lake City, South

Carolina (NAFTA—2738A), including

temporary workers of Will Staff Personnel

Services, Greenville, South Carolina, engaged

in employment related to the production of

zippers for Talon, Inc., Division of Coats

North America, Lake City, South Carolina

who became totally or partially separated

from employment on or after November 16,

1997 through December 11, 2000 are eligible

to apply for NAFTA–TAA under Section 250

of the Trade Act of 1974.