21472 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 78 / Friday, April 21, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[T–W–37,387]

Timbergon, Redmond, Oregon; Notice

of Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on February 28, 2000 in

response to a worker petition which was

filed on behalf of workers at Timbergon,

Redmond, Oregon.

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petition be withdrawn.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, DC, this 6th day of

April, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–9975 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,208, et al.]

Tultex Corporation, South Boston,

Virginia; 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 Labor issued a Certification

of Eligibility to Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance on January 13,

2000, applicable to workers of Tultex

Corporation, South Boston, Virginia.

The notice was published in the Federal

Register on February 4, 2000 (65 FR

5690).

At the request of the company, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. The

workers are engaged in employment

related to the production of fleece

activewear. New findings show that

California Shirt Sales, Inc., is a wholly

owned subdivision of Tultex

Corporation. Worker separations

occurred at various locations of

California Shirt Sales when Tultex

Corporation closed all locations,

including the South Boston, Virginia

plant, in February, 2000. The workers

provided distribution of finished fleece

activewear manufactured by Tultex

Corporation to its customers.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Tultex Corporation who were adversely

affected by increased imports.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–37,208 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of Tultex Corporation, South

Boston, Virginia (TA–W–37,208) and

California Shirt Sales, Inc., Fullerton,

California (TA–W–37,208A), Honolulu,

Hawaii (TA–W–37,208B), Las Vegas, Nevada

(TA–W–37,208C), Oakland, California (TA–

W–37,208D), Kent, Washington (TA–W–

37,208F) and Tempe, Arizona (TA–W–

37,208G) who became totally or partially

separated from employment on or after

December 16, 1998 through January 13, 2002

are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance

under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC this 7th day of

April, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–9976 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–03839]

Ametek Aerospace, Wilmington,

Massachusetts; Notice of Termination

of Investigation

Pursuant to Title V of the North

American Free Trade Agreement

Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103–182)

concerning transitional adjustment

assistance, hereinafter called (NAFTA–

TAA), and in accordance with Section

250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II,

of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended

(19 U.S.C. 2273), an investigation was

initiated on February 18, 2000 in

response to a petition filed on behalf of

workers at Ametek Aerospace,

Wilmington, Massachusetts.

In a letter dated April 10, 2000, the

petitioner requested that the petition for

NAFTA–TAA be withdrawn.

Consequently, further investigation in

this case would serve no purpose, and

the investigation has been terminated.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of

April, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–9974 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–3578 and TA–W–37,035; Court

Metal Finishing, Inc., Flint, Michigan]

Notice of Revised Determination on

Reconsideration

On March 31, 2000, the Department

issued an Affirmative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration for the workers and

former workers of the subject firm

denied eligibility to apply for North

American Free Trade AgreementTransitional Adjustment Assistance

(NAFTA–TAA). The notice was

published in the Federal Register on

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19390). The

petitioners presented information

regarding customer imports from

Mexico of articles like or directly

competitive with those produced at the

workers’ firm.

The January 6, 2000, denial of

NAFTA–TAA for workers of Court

Metal Finishing, Inc., Flint, Michigan,

engaged in employment related to the

production of valves was based on the

finding that criteria (3) and (4) of the

Group Eligibility Requirements of

paragraph (a)(1) of section 250 of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, were

not met. The investigation revealed that

there were no company or customer

imports of valves from Mexico or

Canada during the time period relevant

to the investigation. Court Metal

Finishing, Inc. did not shift production

of valves from the Flint, Michigan plant

to Mexico or Canada.

On reconsideration, the Department

conducted an additional survey of the

subject firm’s major declining

customers. The responses revealed that

a major declining customer increased

imports of valves from Mexico or

Canada while reducing purchases from

Court Metal Finishing, Inc.

The Department, on its own motion,

reviewed the findings of the January 6,

2000 Trade Adjustment Assistance

(TAA) negative determination

applicable to workers of the subject

firm, petition number TA–W–37,035.

The investigation review shows that

with the new customer information

obtained on reconsideration of NAFTA–

3578, all criteria of the Group Eligibility

Requirements of section 222 of the

Trade Act of 1974 are met.

Conclusion

After careful consideration of the new

facts obtained on reconsideration, it is

concluded that the workers of Court

Metal Finishing, Inc., Flint, Michigan,

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were adversely affected by increased

imports, including those from Mexico or

Canada, of articles like or directly

competitive with those produced at the

subject firm.

All workers of Court Metal Finishing, Inc.,

Flint, Michigan, who became totally or

partially separated from employment on or

after November 1, 1998, through two years

from the date of this issuance are eligible to

apply for NAFTA–TAA under Section 250 of

the Trade Act of 1974.

All workers of Court Metal Finishing, Inc.,

Flint, Michigan, who became totally or

partially separated from employment on or

after October 15, 1998 through two years

from the date of this issuance are eligible to

apply for adjustment assistance under

Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC this 13th day of

April 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–9972 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–37,063 and NAFTA–3605]

Kellogg Company, South Operations

Plant, Battle Creek, Michigan; Notice of

Revised Determination on

Reconsideration

On March 21, 2000, the Department

issued an Affirmative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration with respect to the

workers and former workers of the

subject firm. The Department

determined that the Bakery,

Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and

Grain Millers International Union, Local

3–G, assertion that the effects of a

transfer of production equipment to

Mexico warranted further investigation.

The notice was published in the Federal

Register on March 31, 2000 (65 FR

17311).

The February 10, 2000, negative

determination regarding TAA was based

upon the finding that the ‘‘contributed

importantly’’ test of the Group

Eligibility Requirements of the Trade

Act of 1974, as amended, was not met.

The investigation revealed that sales

and production of cereal remained

relatively constant from 1997 through

September 1999 and that company

imports relative to domestic production

had declined slightly in recent years.

Separations at the Battle Creek,

Michigan plant were attributed to a

domestic shift in production.

The February 10, 2000, negative

determination regarding NAFTA–TAA

was based upon the finding that criteria

(3) and (4) of paragraph (a)(1) of Section

250 of the Trade Act were not met. The

company’s reliance on imported cereal

from Mexico decreased throughout the

relevant period through September

1999. Layoffs were attributable to the

transfer of cereal production to other

domestic plants.

On reconsideration, the Department

requested current information from the

subject firm applicable to the time

period in which significant worker

separations were scheduled to occur.

The information provided by Kellogg’s

applicable to cereal produced by

workers at the South Operations Plant,

Battle Creek, Michigan, show declines

in sales, production, employment.

Additional information reveals that,

although it remains apparent that a

significant portion of former production

of the South Operations Plant is being

transferred domestically, there has been

an increase in company imports of

cereal from Mexico or Canada relative to

domestic production since the phase

down of production at the South

Operations Plant began.

Conclusion

After careful consideration of the new

facts obtained on reconsideration, it is

concluded that the workers of Kellogg

Company, South Operations Plant,

Battle Creek, Michigan, were adversely

affected by increased imports, including

those from Mexico or Canada, of articles

like or directly competitive with those

produced at the subject firm.

All workers of Kellogg Company, South

Operations Plant, Battle Creek, Michigan,

engaged in employment related to the

production of cereal, who became totally or

partially separated from employment on or

after October 29, 1998 through two years

from the date of this issuance are eligible to

apply for adjustment assistance under

Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

All workers of Kellogg Company, South

Operations Plant, Battle Creek, Michigan,

engaged in employment related to the

production of cereal, who became totally or

partially separated from employment on or

after November 23, 1998, through two years

from the date of this issuance are eligible to

apply for NAFTA–TAA under Section 250 of

the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of

April 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–9971 Filed 4–20–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Notice of Determinations Regarding

Eligibility To Apply for Worker

Adjustment Assistance and NAFTA

Transitional Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the

Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the

Department of Labor herein presents

summaries of determinations regarding

eligibility to apply for trade adjustment

assistance for workers (TA–W) issued

during the period of March and April,

2000.

In order for an affirmative

determination to be made and a

certification of eligibility to apply for

worker adjustment assistance to be

issued, each of the group eligibility

requirements of Section 222 of the Act

must be met.

(1) That a significant number or

proportion of the workers in the

workers’ firm, or an appropriate

subdivision thereof, have become totally

or partially separated,

(2) That sales or production, or both,

of the firm or subdivision have

decreased absolutely, and

(3) That increases of imports of

articles like or directly competitive with

articles produced by the firm or

appropriate subdivision have

contributed importantly to the

separations, or threat thereof, and to the

absolute decline in sales or production.

Negative Determinations for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

In each of the following cases the

investigation revealed that criterion (3)

has not been met. A survey of customers

indicated that increased imports did not

contribute importantly to worker

separations at the firm.

TA–W–37,332 & A; Shelby Yarn Co.

Including All Locations in Shelby,

NC and Cherryville, NC

TA–W–37,331; Vesuvius Premier

Refractories, Washington, PA

TA–W–37,384; FNA Acquisitions, d/b/a

Superba, Mooresville, NC

TA–W–37,239; DeZurik Corp.,

McMinnville, TN

TA–W–37,295; Hylton House Furniture,

Kenbridge, VA

TA–W–37,134; Advanced

Manufacturing and Developing,

Inc., Willits, CA

TA–W–37,116; Falcon Foundry Co.,

Lowellville, OH

TA–W–37,401; Arbor Acres, Carthage,

MS

TA–W–37,327; Energy Knits, Denver, PA

TA–W–37,294; Ball Foster Glass

Container Co LLC, Marion, IN