59884 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 214 / Wednesday, November 5, 1997 / Notices

Worker Adjustment Assistance on July

24, 1997, applicable to all workers of

Anvil Knitwear, Incorporated, Aynor,

South Carolina. The notice was

published in the Federal Register on

September 4, 1997 (62 FR 46775).

At the request of the petitioners, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers on the subject firm. The

workers are engaged in employment

related to the production of T-shirts and

tank tops. New information provided by

the company shows that worker

separations occurred at the subject

firm’s Gibson, North Carolina facility

when it closed in September, 1997. The

workers are engaged in employment

related to the production of T-shirts.

Accordingly, the Department is

amending the certification to cover

workers of Anvil Knitwear,

Incorporated, Gibson, North Carolina.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Anvil Knitwear, Incorporated adversely

affected by increased imports.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–33,665 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of Anvil Knitwear,

Incorporated, Aynor, South Carolina (TA–W–

33,665) and Gibson, North Carolina (TA–W–

33,665A) who became totally or partially

separated from employment on or after May

24, 1996 are eligible to apply for adjustment

assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act

of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC this 14th day of

October, 1997.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–29220 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–32,949; TA–W–32,950]

Barclay Home Products; Cherokee,

North Carolina and Robbinsville, North

Carolina; Notice of Revised

Determination on Reconsideration

On June 13, 1997, the Department

issued an Affirmative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration, applicable to workers

and former workers of Barclay Home

Products located in Cherokee and

Robbinsville, North Carolina. The notice

was published in the Federal Register

on June 27, 1997 (62 FR 34712).

The petitioner presented evidence

that the Department’s survey of the

subject firm’s customers was

incomplete.

The initial determination reported

that the workers at the subject firm

produced quilted comforters. New

information provided to the Department

on reconsideration reveals that the

workers at the subject firm plants in

Cherokee and Robbinsville, North

Carolina were also producing quilts and

quilt ensembles. The workers producing

quilted comforters, quilts and quilt

ensembles are not separately

identifiable by product.

New information provided by the

subject firm show that sales and

production of quilts and quilt ensembles

declined during the time period relevant

to the investigation. Employment

declined to zero when the subject firm

plants closed in December 1996.

The quantity of aggregate U.S. imports

of quilts increased from 1995 to 1996

and in the twelve month time period of

July through June 1997 compared to the

same twelve month time period of 1996.

The value of aggregate U.S. imports of

quilts declined from 1995 to 1996, but

increased in the twelve month time

period of July through June 1997

compared to the same twelve month

time period of 1996.

On reconsideration, the Department

conducted a survey of the subject firm’s

major declining customers. Survey

findings show that from 1995 to 1996,

a major customer stopped purchasing

quilts and quilt ensembles from Barclay

Home Products in favor of increased

purchases of quilts and quilt ensembles

from other domestic sources that were

wholly manufactured in other foreign

countries.

Conclusion

After careful review of the additional

facts obtained on reconsideration, I

conclude that increased imports of

articles like or directly competitive with

quilts and quilt ensembles contributed

importantly to the declines in sales or

production and to the total or partial

separation of workers of Barclay Home

Products, Cherokee and Robbinsville,

North Carolina.

In accordance with the provisions of

the Act, I make the following

certification:

All workers of Barclay Home Products,

Cherokee, North Carolina (TA–W–32,949)

and Robbinsville, North Carolina (TA–W–

32,950), who became totally or partially

separated from employment on or after

November 7, 1995, are eligible to apply for

worker adjustment assistance under Section

223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 16th day of

October 1997.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–29222 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–33,430]

Bijur Lubricating Corporation, a

Subsidiary of Vesper Corporation,

Bennington, Vermont; Notice of

Revised Determination on Reopening

On June 24, 1997, the Department

issued a Negative Determination

Regarding Eligibility to apply for worker

adjustment assistance, applicable to

workers and former workers of Bijur

Lubricating Corporation, a subsidiary of

Vesper Corporation, located in

Bennington, Vermont. The notice was

published in the Federal Register on

July 18, 1997 (62 FR 38584).

By letter of August 1, 1997, the United

Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers

of America (UE) Local 295, requested

administrative reconsideration

regarding the Department’s denial of

trade adjustment assistance for workers

of the subject firm.

Workers at the subject firm were

engaged in employment related to the

production of automotive drive shafts,

and lubrication equipment and

accessories. The workers are separately

identifiable by produce line.

New information provided by Bijur

Lubricating Corporation shows that

company sales of lubrication equipment

and accessories decreased from May

through June 1997 compared to May

through June 1996. During this same

time period, company imports of

lubrication equipment and accessories

increased relative to sales.

Conclusion

After careful review of the additional

facts obtained on reopening, I conclude

that increased imports of articles like or

directly competitive with lubrication

equipment and accessories contributed

importantly to the declines in sales or

production and to the total or partial

separation of workers of Bijur

Lubricating Corporation, Bennington,

Vermont. In accordance with the

provisions of the Act, I make the

following certification:

All workers of Bijur Lubricating

Corporation, a subsidiary of Vesper

Corporation, Bennington, Vermont, engaged
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in employment related to the production of

lubrication equipment and accessories, who

became totally or partially separated from

employment on or after March 27, 1996 are

eligible to apply for worker adjustment

assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act

of 1974.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 21st day of

October 1997.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–29217 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

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 Acting Director of the Office 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

Acting Director, Office of Trade

Adjustment Assistance, at the address

shown below, not later than November

17, 1997.

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments regarding the

subject matter of the investigations to

the Acting Director, Office of Trade

Adjustment Assistance, at the address

shown below, not later than November

17, 1997.

The petitions filed in this case are

available for inspection at the Office of

the Acting Director, Office of Trade

Adjustment Assistance, Employment

and Training Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 14th day

of October, 1997.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

APPENDIX

[Petitions Instituted on 10/14/97]

TA–W Subject firm (Petitioners) Location Date of

petition Product(s)

33,880 ..... Braden Manufacturing (Wkrs) ........................ Ft. Smith, AR .............. 09/19/97 Duct Work for Gas Turbines.

33,881 ..... Corning, Inc. (AFGWU) .................................. Erwin, NY .................... 09/01/97 Catalytic Convertors.

33,882 ..... Rockwell Automation (IUE) ............................ Ashtabula, OH ............. 09/26/97 Large AC Electric Motors.

33,883 ..... Fleetwood Metal Ind. (USWA) ....................... Tecumseh, MI ............. 09/25/97 Metal Stampings.

33,884 ..... Manhattan Shirt Co. (Co.) .............................. Andalusia, AL .............. 09/26/97 Men’s Shirts.

33,885 ..... R.G. Thomas Corp (Co.) ............................... Palisades Park, NJ ..... 09/15/97 Wire Forms for Semi-Conductors.

33,886 ..... Lexington Apparel (Wkrs) .............................. Lexington, TN .............. 09/24/97 Men’s Dress Slacks.

33,887 ..... General Electric Co (IUE) .............................. New Comerstown, OH 09/22/97 Coils for Motors.

33,888 ..... Crown Pacific (Wkrs) ..................................... Redmond, OR ............. 09/08/97 Wood components for windows, doors.

33,889 ..... Elf Atochem North America (ICWU) .............. Tacoma, WA ............... 09/29/97 Sodium Chlorate.

33,890 ..... Wolverine World Wide (Wkrs) ....................... Kirksville, MO .............. 09/25/97 Men’s Dress Shoes.

33,891 ..... MCD International (WKRS) ............................ Anniston, AL ................ 09/22/97 Microwave Ovens.

33,892 ..... Port Clyde Canning Co (Wkrs) ...................... Rockland, ME .............. 09/16/97 Canned Sardines.

33,893 ..... Simpson Industries (IAM) .............................. Jackson, MI ................. 09/24/97 Machined Castings.

33,894 ..... Payless Cashways (Wkrs) ............................. Wichita Falls, TX ......... 09/11/97 Pine Lumber.

33,895 ..... Donnkenny Apparel (Wkrs) ............................ Haysi, VA .................... 09/30/97 Ladies’ Apparel.

33,896 ..... Applied Materials (Wkrs) ................................ Austin, TX ................... 10/11/97 Semi-Conductor Water Fabrication Equip.

33,897 ..... Beloit Corp (UE) ............................................. Dalton, MA .................. 09/29/97 Capital Equipment for Paper Industry.

33,898 ..... Weyerhaeuser Wood Product (Co.) .............. Philadelphia, MS ......... 10/03/97 Plywood Panels.

33,899 ..... Gandalf Systems (Wkrs) ................................ Delran, NJ ................... 09/05/97 Networking Equipment.

33,900 ..... Whirlpool Corporation (IUE) ........................... Evansville, IN .............. 10/03/97 Refrigerators.

33,901 ..... Oregon Woodworking (Co.) ........................... Bend, OR .................... 10/03/97 Interior Flat Jambs.

33,902 ..... Lehigh Furniture Co (Co.) .............................. Marianna, FL ............... 10/01/97 Bedroom Furniture.

33,903 ..... Taylor Togs (Co.) ........................................... Micaville, NC ............... 10/02/97 Blue Jeans.

33,904 ..... Youngone America (Wkrs) ............................. Miami, FL .................... 09/10/97 Base Ball Jackets.

33,905 ..... Loralie Originals (Co.) .................................... Redding, CA ................ 10/03/97 Wedding Gowns, Bridesmaids, & Prom

Dress.