Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 97 / Friday, May 18, 2001 / Notices 27693

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 Director of the Division 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

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance, at the address shown below,

not later than May 29, 2001.

Interested persons are invited to

submit written comments regarding the

subject matter of the investigations to

the Director, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance, at the address

shown below, not later than May 29,

2001.

The petitions filed in this case are

available for inspection at the Office of

the Director, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance, Employment

and Training Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, Room C–5311, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,

DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of

April, 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

APPENDIX

[Petitions instituted on 04/16/2001]

TA–W Subject firm

(petitioners) Location Date of petition Product(s)

39,010 ......... Intel Puerto Rico, Ltd (Comp) ................... Las Piedras, PR .......... 03/28/2001 Computer Equipment.

39,011 ......... Texas Boot, Inc. (Comp) .......................... Hartsville, TN ............... 03/27/2001 Western Footwear.

39,012 ......... Commtouch, Inc. (Comp.) ........................ Mountain View, CA ..... 03/28/2001 Provide Office Solutions.

39,013 ......... Boise Cascade Corp. (WCIW) .................. Emmett, ID .................. 04/02/2001 Softwood Dimension Lumber.

39,014 ......... North American Heritage (Wrks) .............. Faribault, MN .............. 03/15/2001 Woven Blankets and Afghens.

39,015 ......... Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel (USWA) .......... Allenport, PA ............... 03/29/2001 Hot and Cold Rolled Sheet, Galvanized.

39,016 ......... Wabash Alloys (IAM) ................................ Oak Creek, WI ............ 03/28/2001 Secondary Aluminum Ingots.

39,017 ......... Federal Mogul Ignition (UAW) .................. Cambridge, OH ........... 03/30/2001 Spark Plugs.

39,018 ......... Alamac Knit Fabrics (Comp) .................... New York, NY ............. 03/30/2001 Yarn Dye and Piece Dye Knit Fabric.

39,018 ......... Alamac Knit Fabrics (Comp) .................... New York, NY ............. 03/30/2001 Yarn Dye and Piece Dye Knit Fabric.

39,019 ......... Opelika Foundry Co. (Comp) ................... Opelika AL .................. 04/02/2001 Grey Iron Castings.

39,020 ......... Magnesium Corp of America (Comp) ....... Salt Lake City, UT ....... 04/03/2001 Magnesium Metal, Alloy & Granular.

39,021 ......... Ferry Cap and Set Screw (Wkrs) ............. Cleveland, OH ............. 03/31/2001 Steel Fasteners.

39,022 ......... General Automotive (Comp) ..................... Franklin, WI ................. 03/28/2001 Precision Machining—Diesel Engines.

39,023 ......... Texas Instruments (Wkrs) ........................ San Jose, CA .............. 03/29/2001 Automotive Sensors.

39,024 ......... Premier Circuit Assembly (Wkrs) ............. Springhope, NC .......... 03/31/2001 Cables—Computers, Telephones.

39,025 ......... Talon Automotive Group (Wkrs) ............... New Baltimore, MI ...... 03/30/2001 Metal Stampings—Automotive.

39,026 ......... Bristol Myers Squibb (PACE) ................... North Brunswick, NJ ... 03/29/2001 Medication.

39,027 ......... Mar-Bax Shirt Co. (Comp) ........................ Gassville, AR ............... 03/12/2001 Shirts.

39,028 ......... M and G Polymers USA (Comp) .............. Apple Grove, WV ........ 03/27/2001 PET Resin.

39,029 ......... Atofina Chemicals, Inc. (IAM) ................... Portland, OR ............... 04/04/2001 Chloralkali Chemicals.

39,030 ......... Novo Knitting Co. (Wkrs) .......................... Mansfield, OH ............. 03/30/2001 Knitted Outerwear.

39,031 ......... IER, Inc. (Wkrs) ........................................ Temple, TX ................. 03/30/2001 Airline Ticket Printers.

39,032 ......... Pinson Mining Co. (Comp) ....................... Winnemucca, NV ........ 04/05/2001 Gold Mining.

39,033 ......... General Electric ........................................ Bucyrus, OH ................ 03/06/2001 Florescent Lamps.

39,034 ......... Thermodisc, Inc. (Comp) .......................... El Paso, TX ................. 04/05/2001 Fabricated Molded Products.

39,035 ......... Precision Twist Dril Co. (Wkrs) ................ Crystal Lake, IL ........... 03/21/2001 Warehousing—Drills.

39,036 ......... Nooter Fabricators (Comp) ....................... St. Louis, MO .............. 03/30/2001 Custom Metal Plate Vessels.

39,037 ......... Clinton Industries, Inc. (Comp) ................. Carlstadt, NJ ............... 04/03/2001 Industrial Sewing Machine Parts.

39,038 ......... Woodbury Apparel Group (Owner) ........... Woodbury, TN ............. 03/29/2001 Men’s and boys’ Shirts.

39,039 ......... Fashions International (UNITE) ................ Scranton, PA ............... 03/31/2001 Men’s Sportswear, Suits, & Overcoats.

39,040 ......... Lebanon Apparel Corp. (Comp) ............... Lebanon, VA ............... 03/28/2001 Career Apparel.

39,041 ......... Rawlings Manufacturing (UNITE) ............. Ava, MO ...................... 04/02/2001 Baseballs, Footballs, Gloves, Helmets.

39,042 ......... Agilent Technologies (Comp) ................... Loveland, CO .............. 03/30/2001 Volt Meters & Bench Top Instruments.

39,043 ......... Pete’s Cutting Service (Wkrs) .................. Hialeah, FL .................. 03/25/2001 Cut Materials.

39,044 ......... Kahn-Lucas Lancaster (Wkrs) .................. Columbia, PA .............. 03/23/2001 Children’s Garments.

39,045 ......... Longview Aluminum Corp. (LATC) ........... Longview, WA ............. 03/30/2001 Aluminum.

39,046 ......... Deferiet Paper Co. (PACE) ...................... Deferiet, NY ................ 03/23/2001 Groundwood Specialty Paper.

39,047 ......... Rayovac Corp. (Comp) ............................. Wonewoc, WI .............. 03/28/2001 Latern Batteries, Flashlights.

39,048 ......... Invensys Powerware Corp. (Wkrs) ........... Necedah, WI ............... 03/23/2001 Power Protection, Power Supplies.

39,049 ......... Saunders Manufacturing Co. (Comp) ....... Readfield, ME ............. 04/05/2001 Aluminum Clipboards, Bus. Form Holders.

39,050 ......... SCI Systems, Inc. (Comp) ........................ Augusta, ME ............... 04/06/2001 Electronic Assemblies.

39,051 ......... Pleasant River Lumber Co. (Wkrs) .......... Dover Foxcroft, ME ..... 04/05/2001 Softwood Dimensional Lumber.

39,052 ......... Bechtel Jacobs LLC (PACE) .................... Piketon, OH ................. 04/06/2001 Enriched Uranium Products.

39,053 ......... SGL Carbon LLC (USWA) ........................ Niagara Falls, NY ........ 03/29/2001 Carbon Graphite.

39,054 ......... Consolidated Loose Leaf (Wrks) .............. New York, NY ............. 04/03/2001 Book Binders, Folders & Indexes.

27694 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 97 / Friday, May 18, 2001 / Notices

APPENDIX—Continued

[Petitions instituted on 04/16/2001]

TA–W Subject firm

(petitioners) Location Date of petition Product(s)

39,055 ......... Newport Steel Corp. (CO.) ....................... Newport, KY ................ 04/06/2001 Steel Pipe.

39,056 ......... Peerless Pattern Works (Wkrs) ................ Portland, OR ............... 04/02/2001 Foundry Patterns.

39,057 ......... Kolb Lena Bresse Bleu (UFCW) .............. Watertown, WI ............ 04/06/2001 Goat’s Milk Cheese.

39,058 ......... Garden State Cutting Co. (Wkrs) ............. Passaic, NJ ................. 03/28/2001 Ladies’ Apparel.

39,059 ......... Ludlow Coated Products (Wkrs) ............... Adrian, MI .................... 04/02/2001 Laminatee Fiber Board.

39,060 ......... Ludlow Coated Products (Wkrs) ............... Adrian, MI .................... 04/02/2001 Laminated Fibre Board.

39,061 ......... SOLA Optical (Comp) ............................... Petaluma, CA .............. 03/30/2001 Ophthalmic Lens.

39,062 ......... Gateway Sportswear Corp. (UNITE) ........ Charleroi, PA ............... 04/02/2001 Sportswear Apparel.

39,063 ......... Grove U.S. LLC (Wkrs) ............................ Shady Grove, PA ........ 03/28/2001 Aerial Work Platforms.

39,064 ......... Minnesota Rubber Co. (IAM) .................... Minneapolis, MN ......... 04/05/2001 Rubber Gastets, Sealers.

39,065 ......... Mundy Industrial Contract (Comp) ........... Leland, NC .................. 04/05/2001 Yarn Filament, Staple Material.

39,066 ......... Boston Scientific (Comp) .......................... Maple Grove, MN ........ 03/30/2001 Diagnostic Catheters.

[FR Doc. 01–12561 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–38,396]

Philips Electronics North American

Corporation, Philips Display

Components Company Ottawa, OH;

Notice of Negative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration

By application of February 23, 2001,

the International Brotherhood of

Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 1654,

requests administrative reconsideration

of the Department’s negative

determination regarding eligibility for

workers and former workers of the

subject firm to apply for Trade

Adjustment Assistance (TAA). The

denial notice was signed on January 24,

2001, and was published in the Federal

Register on February 20, 2001 (66 FR

10916).

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 mis-interpretation of facts or of the

law justified reconsideration of the decision.

The TAA petition for workers at

Philips Electronics North America

Corporation, Philips Display

Components Company, Ottawa, Ohio,

was denied because criterion (3) of

Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as

amended, was not met. The workers

were engaged in employment related to

yoke matching which is attaching a yoke

to the back of a television picture tube.

The investigation found that layoffs

occurred when the company shifted

yoke matching to Mexico. The workers

are separately identifiable by product

line. The yoke matching operation is not

imported. Furthermore, yoke matching

increased up until the shift to Mexico.

The petitioner provides a history of

cathode ray tube (CRT) production at

the Ottawa facility over the past 50

years and describes various operations

that the company is transferring abroad.

A shift of production to a foreign

location is not a criterion for worker

group eligibility. Increases of imports of

articles like or directly competitive with

those produced by the workers must

contribute importantly to sales or

production declines and worker

separations.

Workers engaged in yoke matching

were certified eligible, on January 24,

2001, to apply for North American Free

Trade Agreement-Transitional

Adjustment Assistance under NAFTA–

4336.

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 decisions. Accordingly,

the application is denied.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of

April, 2001.

Linda G. Poole,

Certifying Officer, Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–12563 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[Docket No. TA–W–38,325, TA–W–38,325A]

Posies, Inc., Rockport, ME; Posies,

Inc., Posies Showroom, Dallas, TX;

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 February 20, 2001,

applicable to workers of Posies, Inc.,

Rockport, Maine. The notice was

published in the Federal Register on

April 5, 2001 (66 FR 18118).

At the request of the State agency, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. New

information shows that worker

separations occurred at Posies’

Showroom, Dallas, Texas when the

company closed in August, 2000. The

Dallas, Texas location was the corporate

showroom, sales and marketing office

which supported the production of

children’s dresses at the subject firm’s

Rockport, Maine facility.

Based on these findings, the

Department is amending the

certification to include workers of

Posies, Inc., Posies Showroom, Dallas,

Texas.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

Posies, Inc. who were adversely affected

by increased imports of children’s

dresses.

The amended notice applicable to

TA–W–38, 325 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of Posies, Inc., Rockport,

Maine (TA–W–38,325) and the Posies

Showroom, Dallas, Texas (TA–W–38,325A)