30778 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 108 / Friday, June 5, 1998 / Notices

Acting Director of the Office of Trade

Adjustment Assistance for workers at

Pinnacle Micro, Incorporated, Colorado

Springs, Colorado. The review indicated

that 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–34,156; Pinnacle Micro, Incorporated,

Colorado Springs, Colorado (May 18, 1998)

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 19th day

of May, 1998.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–14984 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–34, 489]

The Proctor and Gamble

Manufacturing Company, Health Care

Division, Greenville, SC; Notice of

Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on April 27, 1998 in response

to a worker petition which was filed on

April 15, 1998 on behalf of workers at

Proctor & Gamble, Health Care Division,

Greenville, South Carolina.

The petitioner 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petition be withdrawn.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, D.C. this 27th day

of May, 1998

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–14981 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–33,637B]

Universal-Rundle Corporation,

Corporate Headquarters, New Castle,

PA; 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 Notice of

Certification Regarding Eligibility to

Apply for Worker Adjustment

Assistance on April 28, 1998, applicable

to workers of Universal-Rundle

Corporation located in New Castle,

Pennsylvania. The notice will be

published soon in the Federal Register.

At the request of the State agency, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. Review

of the certification shows that the

Department incorrectly identified the

worker certification to read ‘‘all workers

of Universal-Rundel, New Castle,

Pennsylvania.’’ The company reports

that worker separations occurred at

‘‘Corporate Headquarters’’, New Castle,

Pennsylvania.

Accordingly, the Department is

amending the certification

determination to limit the certification

coverage to the corporate headquarters,

in New Castle, Pennsylvania. The

workers are engaged in employment

related to china sanitary fixtures (sinks

and toilets).

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Universal-Rundle Corporation who were

affected by increased imports.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–33,637 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of Universal-Rundle

Corporation, Corporate Headquarters, New

Castle, Pennsylvania (TA–W–33,637B) who

became totally or partially separated from

employment on or after June 20, 1996

through October 31, 1999, are eligible to

apply for adjustment assistance under

Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

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

of May 1998.

Grant D. Beale,

Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 98–14986 Filed 6–4–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–02127]

Omak Wood Products Incorporated,

Omak, WA; Notice of Revised

Determination on Reconsideration

On March 27, 1998, the Department

issued an Affirmative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration for the workers and

former workers of the subject firm. The

notice will soon be published in the

Federal Register.

The initial investigation findings

showed that the petitioning group of

workers produced 6/4 industrial shop

and moulding grade ponderosa pine

lumber. The workers were denied

NAFTA–TAA based on the finding that

there was no shift in production to

Mexico or Canada, nor were there

company or customers imports of 6/4

industrial shop and moulding grade

ponderosa pine lumber from Mexico or

Canada.

The Washington State Labor Council,

AFL–CIO, submitted additional

information showing that the workers’

firm is a fully integrated wood products

facility producing soft wood dimension

lumber, plywood panel products, pine

dimension stock and wood chips.

Accordingly, the Department expanded

the petition investigation on

reconsideration to all workers of Omak

Wood Products Incorporated.

On reconsideration, Omak submitted

data to the Department regarding the

articles produced at the Omak,

Washington location in 1996 and 1997.

Findings on reconsideration show that

the workers are separately identifiable

by the production of lumber, plywood,

veneer and wood chips. Other findings

reveal that the primary output at the

Omak facility is plywood.

Sales and production of lumber,

veneer and wood chips increased from

1996 to 1997. Therefore, criterion (2) of

the group eligibility requirements of

paragraph (a)(1) of Section 250(2) of the

Trade Act of 1974 was not met for

workers of Omak Wood Products

Incorporated, Omak, Washington

producing lumber, veneer and wood

chips.

Sales, production and employment of

workers producing plywood at Omak

declined from 1996 to 1997.

The Washington State Labor Council,

AFL–CIO, asserted that increased

import competition from foreign made

oriented strand board (OSB) contributed

to worker separations at the Omak

Wood Products production facility. A

survey of Omak’s major declining

customers was conducted to determine

if they increased import purchases of

plywood or OSB. Survey results showed

that from 1996 to 1997 none of the

respondents imported plywood from

Mexico or Canada. Some respondents,

however, reported continued reliance

on or increases in import purchases of

OSB from Canada, while reducing

purchases of plywood from Omak.

Conclusion

After careful consideration of the new

facts obtained on reconsideration, it is

concluded that the workers of Omak

Wood Products Incorporated, Omak,

Washington were adversely affected by

increased imports of articles from