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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,461]

Epic Components Company, New

Boston, MI; Notice of Termination of

Investigation

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on March 13, 2000, in response

to a petition filed on the same date on

behalf of workers at Epic Components

Company, New Boston, Michigan.

The Company official submitting the

petition has requested that the petition

be withdrawn. Consequently, further

investigation in this case would serve

no purpose, and the investigation has

been terminated.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 17th day of

May, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–13474 Filed 5–30–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,458 and TA–W–37,458A]

House of Perfection, Incorporated,

Williston Manufacturing Co., Williston,

SC and Capitol City Manufacturing Co.,

West Columbia, SC; 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

Trade Adjustment Assistance on April

13, 2000, applicable to workers of House

of Perfection, Inc., Williston

Manufacturing Co., Williston, South

Carolina. The notice was published in

the Federal Register on May 11, 2000

(65 FR 30443).

At the request of the company, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. The

workers were engaged in employment

related to the production of children’s

apparel such as shorts, tops, blouses and

pants for its parent company, House of

Perfection, Incorporated, West

Columbia, South Carolina. New

information shows that Capitol City

Manufacturing Co. is a division of

House of Perfection, Incorporated.

Worker separations will occur at the

subject firm when it closes in June,

2000. The workers produce children’s

apparel such as shorts, tops, blouses and

pants.

Accordingly, the Department is

amending the certification to cover the

workers of Capitol City Manufacturing

Co., West Columbia, South Carolina.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

House of Perfection, Incorporated who

were adversely affected by increased

imports.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–37,458 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of House of Perfection,

Incorporated, Williston Manufacturing Co.,

Williston, South Carolina (TA–W–37,458)

and Capitol City Manufacturing Co., West

Columbia, South Carolina (TA–W–37,458A)

who become totally or partially separated

from employment on or after March 3, 1999

through April 13, 2002 are eligible to apply

for adjustment assistance under Section 223

of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington DC this 18th day of

May, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–13471 Filed 5–30–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,587]

Milco Industries, New York, NY; Notice

of Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on April 17, 2000, in response

to a worker petition which was dated

March 30, 2000 on behalf of workers at

Milco Industries, New York, New York.

All workers were separated from the

subject firm more than one year prior to

the date of the petition. Section 223 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 has been terminated.

Signed in Washington, DC this 9th day of

May, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–13473 Filed 5–30–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Wagner-Peyser Act Final Planning

Allotments for Program Year (PY) 2000

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

final planning allotments for Program

Year (PY) 2000 (July 1, 2000 through

June 30, 2001) for basic labor exchange

activities provided under the WagnerPeyser Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy S. Felegie, Office of Workforce

Security, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,

Room S–4231, Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone: (202) 219–5653 (this is not

a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with Section 6(b)(5) of the

Wagner-Peyser Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e(b)(5),

the Employment and Training

Administration is publishing final

planning allotments for each State for

Program Year (PY) 2000 (July 1, 2000,

through June 30, 2001). Preliminary

planning estimates were provided to

each State on February 17, 2000. Funds

are distributed in accordance with

formula criteria established in Section

6(a) and (b) of the Wagner-Peyser Act.

Civilian labor force (CLF) and

unemployment data for Calendar Year

1999 are used in making the formula

calculations.

The total amount of funds currently

available for distribution is

$761,735,000. The Secretary of Labor

shall set aside up to 3 percent of the

total available funds to assure that each

State will have sufficient resources to

maintain statewide employment

services, as required by Section 6(b)(4)

of the Act, 29 U.S.C. 49e(b)(4). In

accordance with this provision,

$22,312,050 is set aside for

administrative formula allocation. These

funds are included in the total planning

allotment. The funds that are set aside

are distributed in two steps to States

which have lost in relative share of

resources from the prior year. In Step 1,

States which have a CLF below one

million and are below the median CLF

density are maintained at 100 percent of

their relative share of prior year

resources. The remainder is distributed

in Step 2 to all other States losing in

relative share from the prior year, but

which do not meet the size and density

criteria for Step 1.

Postage costs incurred by States

during the conduct of employment

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service (ES) activities are billed directly

to the Department of Labor by the U.S.

Postal Service. The total final planning

allotment reflects $18,000,000, or

approximately 2.36 percent of the total

amount available, withheld from

distribution to finance postage costs

associated with the conduct of ES

business. Pursuant to Section 7(b) of the

Act, 29 U.S.C. 49f(b), ten percent of the

total sums allotted to each State shall be

reserved for use by the Governor to

provide performance incentives for

public ES offices and programs; service

for groups with special needs; and for

the extra costs of exemplary models for

delivering job services.

Differences between preliminary

planning estimates and final planning

allotments are caused by the use of

Calendar Year 1999 data as opposed to

the earlier data (12 months ending

September 1999) used for preliminary

planning estimates.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of

May, 2000.

Raymond L. Bramucci,

Assistant Secretary.

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Appendix

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–03791 and NAFTA–3791A]

House of Perfection, Incorporated,

Williston Manufacturing Co. Williston,

SC and Capitol City Manufacturing Co.,

West Columbia, SC; Amended

Certification Regarding Eligibility To

Apply for NAFTA Transitional

Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with section 250(a),

subchapter 2, title II, of the Trade Act

of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273),

the Department of Labor issued a

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for

NAFTA Transitional Adjustment

Assistance on April 13, 2000, applicable

to workers of House of Perfection,

Incorporated, Williston Manufacturing

Co., Williston, South Carolina. The

notice was published in the Federal

Register on May 11, 2000 (65 FR 30444).

At the request of the company, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. The

workers were engaged in the production

of children’s apparel such as shorts,

tops, blouses and pants for its parent

company, House of Perfection,

Incorporated, West Columbia, South

Carolina. New information shows that

Capitol City Manufacturing Co. is a

division of House of Perfection,

Incorporated. Worker separations will

occur at the subject firm when it closes

in June, 2000. The workers produce

children’s apparel such as shorts tops,

blouses and pants.

Accordingly, the Department is

amending the certification to cover

workers of Capitol City Manufacturing

Co., West Columbia, South Carolina.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

House of Perfection, Incorporated who

were adversely affected by a shift of

production to Mexico.

The amended notice applicable to

NAFTA–03791 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of House of Perfection,

Incorporated, Williston Manufacturing,

Williston, South Carolina (NAFTA–03791)

and Capitol Manufacturing Co., West

Columbia, South Carolina (NAFTA–03791A)

who became totally or partially separated

from employment on or after March 8, 1999

through April 13, 2002 are eligible to apply

for NAFTA–TAA under Section 250 of the

Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC this 18th day of

May, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–13470 Filed 5–30–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health

Administration

Washington State Standards; Notice of

Approval

1. Background

Part 1953 of Title 29, Code of Federal

Regulations, prescribes procedures

under Section 18 of the Occupational

Safety and Health Act of 1970

(hereinafter called the Act) by which the

Regional Administrator for

Occupational Safety and Health

(hereinafter called Regional

Administrator) under a delegation of

authority from the Assistant Secretary of

Labor for Occupational Safety and

Health (hereinafter called the Assistant

Secretary) (29 CFR 1953.4) will review

and approve standards promulgated

pursuant to a State plan which has been

approved in accordance with section

18(c) of the Act and 29 CFR Part 1902.

On January 26, 1973, notice was

published in the Federal Register (38

FR 2421) of the approval of the

Washington plan and the adoption of

subpart F to part 1952 containing the

decision.

The Washington plan provides for the

adoption of State standards that are at

least as effective as comparable Federal

standards promulgated under section 6

of the Act. Section 1953.20 provides

that where any alteration in the Federal

program could have an adverse impact

on the at least as effective as status of

the State program, a program change

supplement to a State plan shall be

required.

In response to a Federal standard

change, the State submitted by letter

dated November 9, 1994, from Mark O.

Brown, Director, to James W. Lake,

Regional Administrator, a State standard

amendment comparable to 29 CFR

1910.269, Electric Power Generation,

Transmission and Distribution, as

published in the Federal Register on

January 31, 1994, (59 FR 4320), and

subsequent corrections published in the

Federal Register on June 30, 1994 (59

FR 33658). The State standards were

adopted by Administrative Order 94–16

on September 30, 1994, with an

effective date of November 20, 1994. A

review of the standard revealed

discrepancies and the submission was

returned to the State for correction. On

April 22, 1998, the State submitted by

letter from Michael A. Silverstein,

Assistant Director, to Richard S. Terrill,

Regional Administrator, corrections to

the discrepancies. The State standard

amendments were adopted by

Administrative Order 97–17 on March

6, 1998, with an effective date of May

6, 1998. A review of the amendments

revealed new discrepancies and the

submission was returned to the State for

correction. On June 15, 1999, the State

submitted by letter from Michael A.

Silverstein, Assistant Director, to

Richard S. Terrill, Regional

Administrator, the requested

corrections. The corrections were

adopted by Administrative Order 99–04

on April 20, 1999, and became effective

on August 1, 1999. The State standards

are contained in Chapter 296–45 WAC,

Safety Standards for Electrical Workers.

OSHA has determined the following

major differences between the State and

Federal standards: (1) The State

standards did not adopt provisions for

live-line bare-hand work. The State

requires that rubber gloves be only used

on voltages of 5,000 or less between

phases. (2) The State standards contain

numerous supplemental requirements

such as that for underground residential

distribution. The State standards also

incorporate the requirements of the

1997 National Electrical Safety Code

(NESC) (ANSI-C2), Parts (1), (2) and (3)

by reference.

On its own initiative, the State of

Washington has submitted by letter

dated July 27, 1998, from Michael A.

Silverstein, Assistant Director, to

Richard S. Terrill, Acting Regional

Administrator, an amendment to its

Construction Safety standard at WAC

296–155–130 for below the hook

rigging. On December 18, 1998, the

amendment was returned to the State

for clarification of several issues. On

February 22, 1999, in a letter from

Michael A. Silverstein, to Richard S.

Terrill, Regional Administrator,

clarification was submitted and the

standard was found to be comparable to

Federal OSHA standards. The main

difference is the State amendment was

made so the rigging codes would be

easier to follow and be located in one

place in the Construction Safety

standards rather than in various parts.

The State’s submission was adopted by

Washington Administrative Order 96–

20 on June 15, 1998, and became

effective on August 15, 1998.

On its own initiative, the State has

submitted by letter dated March 26,

1999, from Michael A. Silverstein,

Assistant Director, to Richard S. Terrill,