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amending the certification to cover

workers at Crescent Creek Logging,

Gilchrist, Oregon.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Crown Pacific adversely affected by

increased imports.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–34,056 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of Crown Pacific, Gilchrist,

Oregon (TA–W–34,056), and Crescent Creek

Logging, Gilchrist, Oregon (TA–W–34,056B)

who became totally or partially separated

from employment on or after November 18,

1996 through February 10, 2000 are eligible

to apply for adjustment assistance under

Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC this 9th day of

April, 1998.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–11033 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–34,229]

Kleinerts Inc. of Alabama, Greenville,

AL; Notice of Negative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration

By application postmarked March 27,

1998, the petitioners requested

administrative reconsideration of the

Department’s negative determination

regarding eligibility for workers of the

subject firm to apply for worker

adjustment assistance. The denial notice

was signed on March 19, 1998 and was

published in the Federal Register on

April 4, 1998 (63 FR 16574).

Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c)

reconsideration may be granted under

the following circumstances:

(1) If it appears on the basis of facts not

previously considered that the determination

complained of was erroneous;

(2) If it appears that the determination

complained of was based on a mistake in the

determination of facts not previously

considered; or

(3) If in the opinion of the Certifying

Officer, a misinterpretation of facts or of the

law justified reconsideration of the decision.

The petitioner’s request for

reconsideration asserts that the workers

at Kleinerts’s Greenville, Alabama plant

sewed T-shirts and sweat-shirts. The

petitioner’s request for reconsideration

acknowledges that the contract for the

production of T-shirts was awarded to

another domestic manufacturer, but

asserts that the production of sweatshirts was shifted to Honduras. The

petitioners state that Kleinert’s

machines and equipment have been

shipped to Honduras. The petitioners

attribute job losses and the plant closure

to these facts.

The petition investigation for workers

of the subject firm showed that the

primary output at the Greenville plant

was T-shirts. The Department’s denial of

TAA for workers of the subject firm was

based on the fact that the ‘‘contributed

importantly’’ test of the group Eligibility

requirements of Section 222 of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not

met. The ‘‘contributed importantly’’ test

is generally demonstrated through a

survey of the subject firm’s customers.

The Department of Labor surveyed the

major customer of the subject firm

regarding their purchases of imported

T-shirts. The respondent reported no

import purchases of T-shirts in 1996 or

1997.

In response to the petitioners

allegation regarding the shift of

machines and equipment from Alabama

to Honduras, the sale or shift of such

items to a foreign country does not form

the basis for a worker group

certification.

Conclusion

After review of the application and

investigative findings, I conclude that

there has been no error or

misinterpretation of the law or of the

facts which would justify

reconsideration of the Department of

Labor’s prior decision. Accordingly, the

application is denied.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 15th day

of April 1998.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–11037 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–33,300]

McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Douglas Aircraft Company (DAC)

a/k/a Boeing Company, Long Beach,

CA; Amended Certification Regarding

Eligibility To Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the

Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 2273) the

Department of Labor issued a Notice of

Certification Regarding Eligibility to

Apply for Worker Adjustment

Assistance on August 14, 1997,

applicable to workers of McDonnell

Douglas Corporation, Douglas Aircraft

Company (DAC) located in Long Beach,

California. The notice will soon be

published in the Federal Register.

At the request of the United

Automobile, Aerospace and Agriculture

Implement Workers of America, Local

148, and the State agency, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm

producing commercial jet transport

aircraft. The findings show that the

Boeing Company purchased the subject

firm plant on August 1, 1997.

Accordingly, some of the workers

separated from employment at the Long

Beach facility have had their wages

reported under the unemployment

insurance (UI) tax account for the

Boeing Company. 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

the Long Beach, California plant

adversely affected by increased imports.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–33,300 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of McDonnell Douglas

Corporation, Douglas Aircraft Company

(DAC), also known as the Boeing Company

(as of August 1, 1997), Long Beach,

California, who became totally or partially

from employment on or after March 23, 1997

through August 14, 1999, are eligible to apply

for adjustment assistance under Section 223

of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 9th day of

April 1998.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–11034 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Wagner-Peyser Act Final Planning

Allotments for Program Year (PY) 1998

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

final planning allotments for Program

Year (PY) 1998 (July 1, 1998 through

June 30, 1999) for basic labor exchange

activities provided under the WagnerPeyser Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

R. Beverly III, Director, U.S.