Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 111 / Friday, June 8, 2001 / Notices 30949

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–38,321]

International Paper, Lock Haven,

Pennsylvania; Notice of Affirmative

Determination Regarding Application

for Reconsideration

By letter of March 14, 2001, the

petitioner (a company official), requests

administrative reconsideration of the

Department of Labor’s Negative

Determination Regarding Eligibility to

Apply for Worker Adjustment

Assistance applicable to workers of the

subject firm. The notice of negative

determination was published in the

Federal Register on March 2, 2001 (66

FR 13086).

The company presents new evidence

regarding sales, production and

employment at the subject firm.

Conclusion

After careful review of the

application, I conclude that the claim is

of sufficient weight to justify

reconsideration of the Department of

Labor’s prior decision. The application

is, therefore, granted.

Signed at Washington, DC this 24th day of

May 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–14416 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

TA–W–39,049 Saunders Manufacturing

Co., Inc., Winthrop, Maine; TA–W–

39,049A Saunders Manufacturing Co.,

Inc., Meridian, Mississippi; Notice of

Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on April 16, 2001, in response

to a petition filed on behalf of workers

at Saunders Manufacturing Company,

Inc., Winthrop, Maine and Meridian,

Mississippi.

The company official submitting the

petition 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be withdrawn.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 22nd day of

May, 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Certifying Officer, Divison of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–14424 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Workforce Investment Act; Native

American Employment and Training

Council

AGENCY: Employment and Training

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA) (Pub. L. 92–463), as amended,

and section 166(h)(4) of the Workforce

Investment Act (WIA) [29 U.S.C.

2911(h)(4)], notice is hereby given of the

next meeting of the Native American

Employment and Training Council as

constituted under WIA.

Time and Date: The meeting will

begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June

19, 2001, and continue until 5:00 p.m.

EDT that day. The meeting will

reconvene at 9:00 a.m. EDT on

Wednesday, June 20, 2001, and adjourn

at approximately 3:00 p.m. EDT on that

day. The period from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00

p.m. EDT on June 19 will be reserved for

participation and presentation by

members of the public.

Place: Both days’ sessions will be

held in Room N–3437 A, B, and C,

Frances Perkins Building, the U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Status: The meeting will be open to

the public.

Matters to be Considered: The formal

agenda will focus on the following

topics: (1) Comments from the

Department on overall employment and

training issues, including WIA

implementation; (2) Council work group

reports; (3) election of Council

Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson; (4)

status of the Council report to the

Department and Congress; (5) status of

the Technical Assistance and Training

Initiative; and (6) status of the PY 2001

Partnership Effort.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

James C. DeLuca, Chief, Division of

Indian and Native American Programs,

Office of National Programs,

Employment and Training

Administration, U.S. Department of

Labor, Room N–4641, 200 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone: (202) 693–3754 (VOICE) or

(202) 326–2577 (TDD) (these are not

toll-free numbers).

Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of

May, 2001.

Shirley M. Smith,

Administrator, Office of Adult Services.

[FR Doc. 01–14505 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–4287]

ABB/Westinghouse, Hematite Plant,

Festus, Missouri; Notice of Negative

Determination on Reconsideration

By application dated March 3, 2001,

a petitioner requests administrative

reconsideration of the Department’s

negative determination regarding

eligibility to apply for North American

Free Trade Agreement-Transitional

Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA–TAA),

applicable to workers and former

workers of the subject firm. The denial

notice applicable to workers of the

subject firm was issued on February 7,

2001, and was published in the Federal

Register on March 2, 2001 (66 FR

13087).

The petitioner presented new

evidence regarding company imports of

pellets from Canada.

The Department denied NAFTA–TAA

to workers of ABB/Westinghouse,

Hematite Plant, Festus, Missouri,

producing nuclear fuel rods and pellets

because 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. There

were no company imports of articles

like or directly competitive with those

produced by the workers. The

production at the Festus, Missouri plant

was shifted to a country other than

Mexico or Canada.

On February 7, all workers of the

subject firm were certified eligible to

apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

(TA–W–38, 300). That investigation

revealed that production at the Festus,

Missouri, plant was being transferred to

a foreign source outside of the United

States, Mexico and Canada. The

investigative findings also revealed that

company imports, from countries other

than Mexico and Canada, of articles like

or directly competitive with those

produced by the workers in Festus,

Missouri, increased significantly.

On reconsideration, the Department

has carefully reviewed the materials