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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 June 4, 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 June 4,

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 23rd day of

April, 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

Appendix

PETITIONS INSTITUTED ON 04/23/2001

TA–W Subject firm

(petitioners) Location Date ofpetition Product(s)

39,067 .......... Thomas Saginaw Ball (UAW) .................... Saginaw, MI ................ 04/03/2001 Linear actuators.

39,068 .......... Elizabeth Webbing Mills (Co.) ................... Central Falls, RI .......... 04/09/2001 Polyester and nylon webbing.

39,069 .......... Rosboro Lumber Co. (Wkrs) ..................... Springfield, OR ............ 04/06/2001 Softwood dimensional lumber.

39,070 .......... Eagle Knitting Mills (UNITE) ...................... Shawano, WI ............... 02/16/2001 Cut and sew apparel.

39,071 .......... H.H. Fessler Knitting (Wkrs) ...................... Shoemakersville, PA ... 04/06/2001 Ladies’ apparel.

39,072A ....... Fayette Enterprises (Co) ........................... Fayette, MS ................. 04/05/2001 Occasional tables.

39,072 .......... Thomasville Furniture Ind (Co.) ................. Johnson City, TN ........ 04/05/2001 Occasional tables.

39,073 .......... Pen Tab—Stuart Hall (PACE) ................... Kansas City, MO ......... 03/29/2001 Paper commodities, school supplies.

39,074 .......... Chief Wenatchee, Inc (Co.) ....................... Wenatchee, WA .......... 04/03/2001 Apples.

39,075 .......... Irving Tanning Co. (Co.) ............................ Hartland, ME ............... 04/09/2001 Finished leather.

39,076 .......... Republic Technologies (USWA) ................ Lorain, OR ................... 03/21/2001 Steel bars.

39,077 .......... Nucor Bearing Products (Wkrs) ................ Wilson, NC .................. 04/06/2001 Bearing components.

39,078 .......... Agilant Technologies (Wkrs) ..................... Rockaway, NJ ............. 04/05/2001 Power supplies.

39,079 .......... Glenmore Plastic (UNITE) ......................... Brooklyn, NY ............... 03/30/2001 Printing and plastic.

39,080 .......... Aur Resources (Co.) .................................. Sparks, NB .................. 03/24/2001 Mining and metal exploration.

39,081 .......... Bassett Furniture Ind. (Co.) ....................... Basset, VA .................. 04/02/2001 Household wood furniture.

39,082 .......... Birmingham Steel (USWA) ........................ Joliet, IL ....................... 04/03/2001 Flats, rounds, and squares.

39,083 .......... Crystal Springs Apparel (Wkrs) ................. Crystal Springs, MS .... 03/28/2001 Men’s shirts.

39,084 .......... Consolidated Auto Screen (Wkrs) ............. Woonsocket, RI ........... 04/04/2001 Printed materials.

39,085 .......... Samuel Bent LLC (Wkrs) .......................... Gardner, MA ............... 04/04/2001 Wooden chairs and tables.

39,086 .......... Dunbrooke Industries (Co.) ....................... Lexington, MO ............. 03/06/2001 Outerwear jackets.

39,087 .......... John Roberts, Inc. (Co.) ............................ New York City, NY ...... 04/03/2001 Ladies’ dresses.

39,088 .......... WSW of Sharon (Wkrs) ............................. Sharon, TN .................. 03/01/2001 Children’s sleepwear.

39,089 .......... Custom Machine (Wkrs) ............................ Great Bend, PA ........... 03/29/2001 Pullies, shafts and machine parts.

39,090 .......... Standflex (IAM) .......................................... Oriskany, NY ............... 04/04/2001 Galvanized steel.

39,091 .......... Heraeus Electro Nite (IBT) ........................ Philadelphia, PA .......... 03/28/2001 Thermocouples, heating devices.

39,092 .......... Fountaine International (Co.) ..................... Rocky Mount, NC ........ 04/05/2001 Fifth wheels assemblies.

39,093 .......... Wulfrath Refractories (USWA) .................. Tarentum, PA .............. 04/10/2001 Dolomitic refractory products.

39,094 .......... Antech (Wkrs) ............................................ El Paso, TX ................. 03/28/2001 Generators, power machines.

39,095 .......... Hammond and Associates (Co.) ............... Lexington, AL .............. 04/02/2001 Tee shirts.

39,096 .......... GMW Logging (Wkrs) ................................ Central Point, OR ........ 04/06/2001 Timber, logs.

39,097 .......... Vastar Resource, Inc. (Wkrs) .................... Carthage, TX ............... 04/09/2001 Crude oil.

39,098 .......... Seal Glove Manufacturing (Co.) ................ Millensburg, PA ........... 04/04/2001 Industrial work gloves.

39,099 .......... ABC Rail (USWA) ...................................... Calena, AL .................. 04/07/2001 Rail road wheels.

39,100 .......... Paper Converting Machine (UAW) ............ Green Bay, WI ............ 04/04/2001 Paper converting machinery.

39,101 .......... Eureka Company (The) (Co.) .................... El Paso, TX ................. 04/03/2001 Upright vacuum cleaners.

39,102 .......... Boy Harness Co. (Co.) .............................. Osceola, IA ................. 04/09/2001 Gun cases and luggage.

39,103 .......... Sierra Pine Ltd (IAM) ................................. Springfield, OR ............ 04/11/2001 Particleboard.

39,104 .......... Alexander Doll Co. (AITNWA) ................... New York, NY ............. 04/09/2001 Porcelain dolls & doll accessories.

39,105 .......... Exide Technologies (Co.) .......................... Dunmore, PA .............. 04/05/2001 Automotive batters.

39,106 .......... Manpower Employment Serv. (Wkrs) ........ Fairfield, IA .................. 04/09/2001 Provide temp. employees.

[FR Doc. 01–13003 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

Section 167, the National Farmworker

Jobs Program (NFJP)

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration (ETA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of formula allocations for

the Program Year (PY) 2001 National

Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP),

request for comments and waiver of

competition for the succeeding 2-year

grant period.

SUMMARY: Under section 182(d) of the

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of

1998, ETA is publishing the PY 2001

allocations for the NFJP authorized

under section 167 of the WIA. The

allocations are distributed to the States

by a formula that estimates, by State, the

relative demand for NFJP services. The

allocations in this Notice apply to the

PY beginning July 1, 2001. Under

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section 167(c)(4)(B) of WIA, the ETA is

waiving the requirement for competition

for the 2-year grant period beginning

July 1, 2001.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Ms. Alicia Fernandez-Mott, Chief,

Division of Seasonal Farmworker

Programs, Room N–4641, Employment

and Training Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Her e-mail address is

afernandez@doleta.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Alicia Fernandez-Mott, Chief, Division

of Seasonal Farmworker Programs,

RoomN–4641, Employment and

Training Administration, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Her telephone number is (202) 693–

3729. (This is not a toll-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

On May 19, 1999, we published a

Notice of a new formula for allocating

funds available for the NFJP (formerly

referred to as the section 402 Migrant

and Seasonal Farmworker (MSFW

Program)) in the Federal Register at 64

FR 27390 (May 19, 1999). The Notice

explains how the new formula achieves

its purpose of distributing funds

geographically by State service area on

the basis of each area’s relative share of

farmworkers who are eligible for

enrollment in the NFJP. The new

formula consists of a rational

combination of multiple data sets that

were selected to yield the relative share

distribution of eligible farmworkers. The

combined-data formula is substantially

more relevant to the purpose of aligning

the allocations with the eligible

population than the allotments

determined by the prior formula.

The realignments made by new

formula gave rise to significant changes

in relative funding levels. These

changes are primarily attributable to the

inherent weaknesses of the data sources

used under the prior formula. The

changes are also attributable to the fact

that the data had gradually become

significantly date-stale. The magnitude

of the realignments is substantial for

some of the States that are scheduled to

experience decreases as a result of the

transition from the original distributions

to the distributions provided by the new

formula. To provide a smooth transition

to the realigned distributions, Part IV of

the May 19, 1999 Notice stated a

strategy for phased implementation of

the new formula through four

incremental ‘‘hold harmless’’ stages.

The stages provide a graduated

implementation of the formula

allocations by limiting the rate of

reduction in relative funding levels to

the four annual increments of 95

percent of the 1998 level in PY 1999, 90

percent in PY 2000, 85 percent in PY

2001, and 80 percent in PY 2002. Full

implementation of the new (combineddata) formula will be reached on the 5th

year allocation in PY 2003. The May 19,

1999, Notice provides that PY 2001 is

the third stage hold-harmless year,

under which each State service area will

receive no less than 85 percent of its PY

1998 allocation. (See 64 FR 27390,

27399 at section IV(3) (May 19, 1999)).

PY 2001 is the operating year that

begins on July 1, 2001.

Because it is the best available

allocation tool, we continue to

implement the new formula by applying

the third implementation step of the

formula described in the May 19, 1999,

Notice to allocate PY 2001 WIA section

167 funds. The rationale for the new

allocation formula and the underlying

methodology on how the new formula

realigns the distribution of NFJP

allocations, is fully explained in the

May 19, 1999 Notice. Section III of this

Notice describes how the PY 2001

formula allocations are adjusted to

account for the budget additions

provided by Congress.

The Department of Labor invites

comments on our decision to continue

the phased implementation of this

formula in allocating PY 2001 funds for

the NFJP.

II. Limitation on Non-NFJP Uses of

Section 167 Funds

The Fiscal Year 2001 appropriation

for all the MSFW programs under WIA

section 167 is $76,770,000. Under 20

CFR 669.240(a), ‘‘[a]t least 94 percent of

the funds appropriated each year for the

WIA section 167 farmworker activities

must be allocated to State service areas,

based on the distribution of the eligible

MSFW population. * * *’’ This means

that $72,163,800 is the minimum

amount that must be allocated under the

formula for PY 2001, and it is the

amount allocated for PY 2001 under this

Notice.

In appropriating the funds for PY

2001, Congress provided direction for

the use of additional funds authorized

above the amount requested in the

budget. In the Senate Committee on

Appropriations Report 106–293, the

Committee recommended the additional

funding to offset the scheduled

adjustment to those State service areas

undergoing a reduction in funding, by

financing the difference between their

PY 1998 level and the PY 2001 holdharmless adjusted level. The additional

funding was approved in the final

appropriation legislation.

III. PY 2001 Allocations

In PY 2001, the base amount selected

for allocation under the formula using

the third step’s 85 percent hold

harmless allotment, is the PY 1999

allocated amount of $67,596,408. The

additional funding provided under

congressional direction in PYs 1999,

2000, and 2001 is applied cumulatively

to sustain at their 1998 levels those

State service areas that receive a

declining relative share of funding by

the progressive application of the new

formula.

The details for the PY 2001

allocations are provided in the table

provided at the end of this Notice. The

third step (85 percent hold-harmless)

allocations are given in column ‘‘E’’. For

comparison with the figures in Column

‘‘E’’, column ‘‘F’’ uses the table’s

software program to provide an

arithmetic calculation of 85 percent of

the PY 1998 allotments. Column ‘‘G’’

provides the additional ‘‘make whole’’

amounts allotted under the

congressional recommendation to bring

to their PY 1998 levels those State

service areas where the demographics

reflected under the formula show there

has been a decline in the relative share

of eligible farmworkers. At this stage,

the PY 2001 amount allotted is the sum

of the third step’s formula allotment

(column ‘‘E’’) of $67,606,916 and the

‘‘make-whole’’ amount of $4,242,312

which brings all States to their PY 1998

levels (column G). However, the total

amount allocated at this stage is

$314,572 short of the minimum 94

percent amount ($72,163,800) that must

be allocated to the State areas for

operating the NFJP. To allocate this

amount, column H carries over from

column D the unadjusted formula

relative shares for the States

experiencing a rising relative share.

Column I shows the percentage

calculation of the relative distribution

among those States. Column J

distributes the $314,572 using the

percentages determined under column I.

Column K which is the sum of columns

E, G and J, provides the final NFJP

allotments for PY 2001.

IV. Rhode Island and the Minimum

Funding Provisions

Part V of the May 19, 1999, Federal

Register Notice provides that a State

service area allocated less than $60,000

could be combined with an adjoining

State service area. As in PY 2000, the PY

2001 Rhode Island area allocation is

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combined with the Connecticut area

allocation.

In PY 2003, which is the next

scheduled NFJP competition cycle, we

intend to compete the combined twoState geographic area of Connecticut

and Rhode Island as a single service

area.

V. PY 2001 Allotments

The final (far right-hand) column K of

the ‘‘Allocation Table’’ provides the

allotments for the NFJP in PY 2001.

Grantees will use these figures in

preparing the PY 2001 NFJP grant plans.

VI. PY 1999 and 2000 Competition

The competition for the current 2-year

period, comprising the 1999 and 2000

Program Years, was held in 1999. Under

the authority of section 167(c)(4)(B), the

Department of Labor is waiving the

requirement for competition of the

succeeding 2-year period (PYs 2001 and

2002) for each recipient grantee.

Under WIA section 167(c)(4)(B)

grantees are required to submit a 2-year

plan for the second biennial period that

is satisfactory to the Grant Officer. The

requirement for competition for the

recipient will be considered to be

waived upon the Grant Officer’s receipt

of a satisfactory 2-year plan.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 11th day

of May, 2001.

Shirley M. Smith,

Administrator, Office of Adult Services.

NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM STATE ALLOCATIONS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2001 ($72,163,800)

State PY 1998 allotments

PY 2001

formula allocation w/o

hold-harmless adjustment

PY 2001 formula %

share

w/o holdharmless

PY 2001 allocation with

hold-harmless adjustment

85% of

PY98

allotments

(compare)

Adjust. to

bring states

to PY 1998

levels

States with

an increase

relative

share

(percent)

Relative

share among

Col. H states

(percent)

Alloctn. to

achieve

94% min.

PY 2001 allots.

A BC D EFGH I J K

Alabama ....................... $791,835 $437,632 0.67766 $673,060 $673,060 $118,775 .................... ...................... .................... $791,835

Arizona ......................... 1,519,645 1,719,287 2.66226 1,697,659 1,291,698 0 2.662 3.62 $11,403 1,709,062

Arkansas ...................... 1,167,409 724,893 1.12247 992,298 992,298 175,111 .................... ...................... 0 1,167,409

California ...................... 14,591,138 20,067,526 31.07392 16,668,927 12,402,467 0 31.074 42.31 133,107 16,802,034

Colorado ...................... 805,523 992,449 1.53678 908,281 684,695 0 1.537 2.09 6,583 914,864

Connecticut .................. 206,024 303,689 0.47025 237,468 175,120 0 0.470 0.64 2,014 239,482

Delaware ...................... 118,334 125,899 0.19495 125,899 100,584 0 0.195 0.27 835 126,734

Florida .......................... 4,631,415 2,465,700 3.81806 3,936,703 3,936,703 694,712 .................... ...................... 0 4,631,415

Georgia ........................ 1,711,615 876,499 1.35723 1,454,873 1,454,873 256,742 .................... ...................... 0 1,711,615

Idaho ............................ 877,438 1,079,184 1.67108 989,177 745,822 0 1.671 2.28 7,158 996,335

Illinois ........................... 1,425,808 1,424,912 2.20643 1,425,808 1,211,937 0 2.206 3.00 9,451 1,435,259

Indiana ......................... 781,615 927,202 1.43574 877,617 664,373 0 1.436 1.96 6,150 883,767

Iowa ............................. 1,314,394 1,078,955 1.67073 1,117,235 1,117,235 197,159 .................... ...................... 0 1,314,394

Kansas ......................... 697,839 1,078,783 1.67046 809,536 593,163 0 1.670 2.27 7,156 816,692

Kentucky ...................... 1,352,613 1,043,179 1.61533 1,149,721 1,149,721 202,892 .................... ...................... 0 1,352,613

Louisiana ...................... 796,032 484,907 0.75086 676,627 676,627 119,405 .................... ...................... 0 796,032

Maine ........................... 327,397 174,702 0.27052 278,287 278,287 49,110 .................... ...................... 0 327,397

Maryland ...................... 306,291 363,789 0.56332 343,957 260,347 0 0.563 0.77 2,413 346,370

Massachusetts ............. 351,027 298,012 0.46146 298,373 298,373 52,654 .................... ...................... 0 351,027

Michigan ....................... 878,641 944,430 1.46242 944,430 746,845 0 1.462 1.99 6,264 950,694

Minnesota .................... 1,274,775 879,095 1.36125 1,083,559 1,083,559 191,216 .................... ...................... 0 1,274,775

Mississippi .................... 1,449,044 571,321 0.88467 1,231,687 1,231,687 217,357 .................... ...................... 0 1,449,044

Missouri ........................ 1,094,524 976,379 1.51189 976,379 930,345 118,145 .................... ...................... 0 1,094,524

Montana ....................... 667,189 461,861 0.71518 567,111 567,111 100,078 .................... ...................... 0 667,189

Nebraska ...................... 774,884 1,092,397 1.69154 887,991 658,651 0 1.692 2.30 7,246 895,237

Nevada ......................... 200,795 159,091 0.24635 170,676 170,676 30,119 .................... ...................... 0 200,795

New Hampshire ........... 112,600 100,958 0.15633 100,958 95,710 11,642 .................... ...................... 0 112,600

New Jersey .................. 400,038 698,545 1.08168 472,365 340,032 0 1.082 1.47 4,633 476,998

New Mexico ................. 598,720 934,978 1.44778 695,528 508,912 0 1.448 1.97 6,202 701,730

New York ..................... 1,850,667 1,088,774 1.68593 1,573,067 1,573,067 277,600 .................... ...................... 0 1,850,667

North Carolina .............. 3,006,003 1,897,104 2.93760 2,555,103 2,555,103 450,900 .................... ...................... 0 3,006,003

North Dakota ................ 468,362 609,496 0.94379 531,469 398,108 0 0.944 1.29 4,043 535,512

Ohio ............................. 904,951 1,264,492 1.95803 1,035,876 769,208 0 1.958 2.67 8,387 1,044,263

Oklahoma ..................... 608,145 1,276,891 1.97723 740,354 516,923 0 1.977 2.69 8,470 748,824

Oregon ......................... 1,087,697 1,452,311 2.24886 1,238,069 924,542 0 2.249 3.06 9,633 1,247,702

Pennsylvania ................ 1,221,441 1,549,985 2.40010 1,381,926 1,038,225 0 2.400 3.27 10,281 1,392,207

Rhode Island ................ 0 38,832 0.06013 4,021 0 0 0.060 0.08 258 4,279

South Carolina ............. 1,080,106 391,046 0.60552 918,090 918,090 162,016 .................... ...................... 0 1,080,106

South Dakota ............... 692,869 456,831 0.70739 588,939 588,939 103,930 .................... ...................... 0 692,869

Tennessee ................... 957,799 720,217 1.11523 814,129 814,129 143,670 .................... ...................... 0 957,799

Texas ........................... 5,979,800 6,697,752 10.37126 6,673,284 5,082,830 0 10.371 14.12 44,426 6,717,710

Utah ............................. 245,354 288,106 0.44612 275,185 208,551 0 0.446 0.61 1,911 277,096

Vermont ....................... 213,134 105,217 0.16293 181,164 181,164 31,970 .................... ...................... 0 213,134

Virginia ......................... 1,036,441 708,789 1.09754 880,975 880,975 155,466 .................... ...................... 0 1,036,441

Washington .................. 1,705,576 2,262,216 3.50297 1,939,806 1,449,740 0 3.503 4.77 15,005 1,954,811

West Virginia ................ 219,325 100,275 0.15527 186,426 186,426 32,899 .................... ...................... 0 219,325

Wisconsin ..................... 1,229,201 953,157 1.47593 1,044,821 1,044,821 184,380 .................... ...................... 0 1,229,201

Wyoming ...................... 201,911 232,207 0.35956 225,954 171,624 0 0.360 0.49 1,540 227,494

Total Cntr. U.S. 63,933,384 64,579,952 100.00 64,580,848 N/A 4,077,948 73.436 1.00000 314,570 68,973,366

Conterminous U.S. ...... 63,933,384 64,579,952 95.53755 .................... .................... .................... .................... ...................... .................... ....................

Hawaii .......................... 251,607 204,254 0.30217 213,868 213,866 37,739 .................... ...................... 0 251,607

Puerto Rico .................. 2,938,827 2,812,202 4.16028 2,812,200 2,498,003 126,627 .................... ...................... 0 2,938,827

Subtot. (HI+PR) 3,190,434 3,016,456 4.46 3,026,068 N/A 164,366 .................... ...................... 0 3,190,434

Total U.S. .......... 67,123,818 67,596,408 100.00 67,606,916 .................... 4,242,314 .................... ...................... 314,570 72,163,800

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 23, 2001 / Notices 28553

NATIONAL FARMWORKER JOBS PROGRAM STATE ALLOCATIONS FOR PROGRAM YEAR 2001 ($72,163,800)—Continued

State PY 1998 allotments

PY 2001

formula allocation w/o

hold-harmless adjustment

PY 2001 formula %

share

w/o holdharmless

PY 2001 allocation with

hold-harmless adjustment

85% of

PY98

allotments

(compare)

Adjust. to

bring states

to PY 1998

levels

States with

an increase

relative

share

(percent)

Relative

share among

Col. H states

(percent)

Alloctn. to

achieve

94% min.

PY 2001 allots.

A BC D EFGH I J K

72,163,800

314,570 72,163,800

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–4435]

Bayer Corporation, Consumer Care

Division, Elkhart, IN; Dismissal of

Application for Reconsideration

Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(C) an

application for administrative

reconsideration was filed with the

Director of the Division of Trade

Adjustment Assistance for workers at

Bayer Corporation, Consumer Care

Division, Elkhart, Indiana. The

application contained no new

substantial information which would

bear importantly on the Department’s

determination. Therefore, dismissal of

the application was issued.

NAFTA–4435; Bayer Corporation Consumer

Care Division Elkhart, Indiana (May 2,

2001)

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of

May, 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–13004 Filed 5–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

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 May, 2001.

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 sub-division 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–38,350; Hill Knitting Mills,

Richmond Hill, NY

TA–W–38,798; PTC Alliance, Jane Lew,

WV

TA–W–39,642; Global Tex LLC, d/b/a

Bates of Maine, Lewiston, MI

TA–W–38,866; AGP, LLC, Sherman, TX

TA–W–38,893; The Budd Co., Stamping

and Frame Div., Philadelphia, PA

In the following cases, the

investigation revealed that the criteria

for eligibility have not been met for the

reasons specified.

Increased imports did not contribute

importantly to worker separations at the

firm.

TA–W–38,694; Thrall Car, Thrall Car

North American Rail, Chicago

Heights, IL

TA–W–38,588; Rhoda, Lee, Inc., New

York, NY

TA–W–39,055; Newport Steel Corp.,

Newport, KY

TA–W–38,469; Gile Orchards, Alfred,

ME

TA–W–38,691; Cone Mills Corp., Raytex

Plant, Marion, SC

TA–W–38,923; Sunshine Precious

Metals, Inc., Kellogg, ID

TA–W–39,188; Rhoda Lee, Inc., New

York, NY

The workers firm does not produce an

article as required for certification under

section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.

TA–W–39,012, A & B; Commtough, Inc.,

Mountain View, CA, New York, NY

and Miami Beach, FL

TA–W–38,785; Vesuvius USA, Gadsden,

AL

TA–W–39,149; Daimler Chrysler AG,

Auburn Hills, MI

The investigation revealed that

criteria (2) has not been met. Sales or

production did not decline during the

relevant period as required for

certification.

TA–W–38,984; AVX Tantalum Corp.,

Biddeford, ME

All worker separations occurred prior

to the March 31, 2001 expiration of the

previous certification. The current

petition can only cover workers

separated after March 31, 2001. The

Melt Shop has not been in operation

since that time.

TA–W–38,848; Allvac, Latrobe, PA

Affirmative Determinations for Worker

Adjustment Assistance

The following certifications have been

issued; the date following the company

name and location of each

determination references the impact

date for all workers of such

determination.

TA–W–39,072 & A; Thomasville

Furniture Industries, Johnson City,

TN & Fayette Enterprises, Fayette,

MS: April 5, 2000.

TA–W–39,140; Dunbrooke Industries,

Ocean Springs, MS: April 11, 2000.

TA–W–38,960; Spectron Lasers USA,

Inc., Warwick, RI: March 12, 2000.

TA–W–38,623; Eaton Aeroquip Corp.,

Aeroquip Precision Speres Div.,

Ann Arbar, MI: January 18, 2000.

TA–W–38,524; The Quaker Oats Co.,

Shiremanstown, PA December 20,

1999.

TA–W–39,153; Salon Manufacturing,

Rhinelander, WI: April 9, 2000.

TA–W–39,101; The Eureka Co., El Paso,

TX Including Temporary Workers of