Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 28, 2000 / Notices 70881

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration

Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms

for Determination of Eligibility To

Apply for Trade Adjustment

Assistance

AGENCY: Economic Development

Administration (EDA), Commerce.

ACTION: To Give Firms an Opportunity

to Comment.

LIST OF PETITION ACTION BY TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR PERIOD OCTOBER 6, 2000–NOVEMBER 21, 2000

Firm name Address Date petition

accepted Product

Cahill Manufacturing Co., Inc 1032 Cahill Court, Danville, VA 24541 ....... 10/20/00 Tire manufacturing machinery.

Quality Trim, Inc ................... 3645 Clark Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110 .. 10/31/00 Leather, vinyl and cloth ornamental trimmings for

the hat, footwear and handbag industries.

S&W Innovative Solutions,

Inc.

115 Court Street, Binghamton, NY 13901 .. 10/31/00 Service Company.

Starco Corporation ................ 2001 Shenandoah Ave., N.W., Roanoke,

VA 24017.

10/31/00 Automotive parts, starters and alternators.

McCarthy Orchard ................ 8405 Clear Creek Road, Parkdale, OR

97041.

10/31/00 Pears.

A.T. Cross Company, Inc ..... One Albion Road, Lincoln, RI 02865 .......... 11/06/00 Ball point pens, pen and pencil sets and mechanical pencils.

Strong Group, Inc ................. 105 Maplewood Avenue, Gloucester, MA

01930.

11/06/00 Leather goods— organizers, planner cases, binders, computer cases, desk pads, etc.

M. Goe & Son, Inc ................ 3268 Ehrck Hill Road, Hood River, OR

97031.

11/06/00 Pears.

Tough Traveler, Ltd .............. 1012 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12307 11/06/00 Backpack child carriers.

Clinton Industries, Inc ........... 700 Washington Ave, Carlstadt, NJ 07072 11/07/00 Mechanical chain cutters and parts for industrial

sawing machines.

Jubilee Embroidery, Inc ........ 411 Highway 601 South, Lugoff, SC 29078 11/07/00 Man-made and cotton embroidery.

Gibbons Surgical Corporation 153 S. Birdneck Road, Virginia Beach, VA

23451.

11/16/00 Surgical instruments.

R & M Apparel, Inc ............... 721 Donahue Street, Gallitzin, PA 16641 ... 11/16/00 Blouses and shirts of cotton.

Blough-Wagner Manuf. Co.,

Inc.

Shuman Street, Middleburg, PA 17842 ...... 11/21/00 Ladies sportswear and sweatshirts.

G & H Industries, Inc ............ 419 Eleanor Street, Centreville, MI 49032 .. 11/21/00 Electronic audio connectors and cables.

The petitions were submitted

pursuant to section 251 of the Trade Act

of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341). Consequently,

the Department of Commerce has

initiated separate investigations to

determine whether increased imports

into the United States of articles like or

directly competitive with those

produced by each firm contributed

importantly to total or partial separation

of the firm’s workers, or threat thereof,

and to a decrease in sales or production

of each petitioning firm.

Any party having a substantial

interest in the proceedings may request

a public hearing on the matter. A

request for a hearing must be received

by Trade Adjustment Assistance, Room

7315, Economic Development

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no

later than the close of business of the

tenth calendar day following the

publication of this notice.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance official program number and title

of the program under which these petitions

are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and

Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–30223 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Michigan; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made pursuant to

section 6(c) of the Educational,

Scientific, and Cultural Materials

Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–

651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301).

Related records can be viewed between

8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC.

Docket Number: 00–032. Applicant:

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

48109–2029. Instrument: Aerosol

Generator. Manufacturer: Topas GmbH,

Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 65

FR 62334, October 18, 2000.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) A particulate aerosol

delivery rate range of 20–500 grams/

hour and (2) linear (stable) output well

over one half hour. A domestic

manufacturer of similar equipment

advised November 13, 2000 that (1)

these capabilities are pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purpose and (2) it

knows of no domestic instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value