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submitted by the petitioner with respect

to the pellet imports shipped from

Canada. This review finds that the

company imports from countries other

than Mexico or Canada contributed

more importantly to declines in sales or

production and to worker separations at

ABB/Westinghouse, Hematite Plant,

Festus, Missouri, than the Canadian

imports identified by the petitioner.

Conclusion

After reconsideration, I affirm the

original notice of negative

determination of eligibility to apply for

NAFTA–TAA for workers and former

workers of ABB/Westinghouse,

Hematite Plant, Festus, Missouri.

Signed at Washington, DC this 24th day of

May 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–14419 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–04543, et al.]

AgriFrozen Foods, Woodburn, Oregon,

et al.; Amended Certification

Regarding Eligibility To Apply for

NAFTA Transitional Adjustment

Assistance

In accordance with section 250(a),

Subchapter 2, Title II, of the Trade Act

of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273),

the Department of Labor issued a

Certification of Eligibility to Apply for

NAFTA Transitional Adjustment

Assistance on April 17, 2001, applicable

to workers of AgriFrozen Foods,

Woodburn, Oregon. The notice was

published in the Federal Register on

May 3, 2001 (66 FR 22263).

At the request of the State agency, the

Department reviewed the certification

for workers of the subject firm. The

workers are engaged in the production

of frozen vegetables. New findings show

that worker separations occurred at

AgriFrozen Foods’ headquarters office

in Salem, Oregon and at two production

facilities in Grandview and Walla Walla,

Washington. Findings also show that all

remaining workers of the subject firm

will be separated when it closes at the

end of June, 2001.

The intent of the Department’s

certification is to include all workers of

AgriFrozen Foods who were adversely

affected by an increase in company

imports of frozen vegetables from

Mexico.

Accordingly, the Department is

amending the certification to properly

reflect this matter.

The amended notice applicable to

NAFTA–04543 is hereby issued as

follows:

All workers of AgriFrozen Foods,

Woodburn, Oregon (NAFTA–TAA–04543),

Salem, Oregon (NAFTA–04543A),

Grandview, Washington (NAFTA–04543B)

and Walla Walla, Washington (NAFTA–

TAA–04543C) who became totally or

partially separated from employment on or

after February 9, 2000 through April 17, 2003

are eligible to apply for NAFTA–TAA under

Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, DC this 22nd day of

May, 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–14422 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–TAA–04482]

Master Pattern, Inc., Norton Shores,

Michigan; 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

Master Pattern, Inc., Norton Shores,

Michigan. The application contained no

new substantial information which

would bear importantly on the

Department’s determination. Therefore,

dismissal of the application was issued.

NAFTA–TAA–04482; Master Pattern, Inc.

Norton Shores, Michigan (May 23, 2001)

Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of

May, 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–14420 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

[NAFTA–4426]

Southern Oregon Log Scaling and

Grading Bureau, Roseburg, Oregon;

Notice of Negative Determination

Regarding Application for

Reconsideration

By application dated March 2, 2001,

a petitioner and the Oregon AFL–CIO

(petitioners) request 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 Southern

Oregon Log Scaling and Grading

Bureau, Roseburg, Oregon, was signed

on February 9, 2001, and was published

in the Federal Register on March 2,

2001 (66 FR 13087).

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 misinterpretation of facts or of

the law justified reconsideration of the

decision.

The petitioners explain that the firm

was created about 50 years ago by the

timber industry, in cooperation with

Federal and State authorities. The Board

of Directors of the subject firm has

historically been made up of persons

representing the timber industry, some

of which are the mill owners. The

petitioners view is that the subject firm

is related by control (to NAFTA–TAA

certified worker groups) by its creation,

daily operation, and by the make-up of

the Board of Directors and their

connection to the timber industry in

specific and in general.

The NAFTA–TAA petition for

workers of the subject firm was denied

because the workers provided a service

and did not produce an article within

the meaning of in paragraph (a)(1) of

Section 250 of the Trade Act, as

amended. The workers at Southern

Oregon Log Scaling and Grading

Bureau, in Roseburg, Oregon, measure

and grade (appraise) logs for their

customers.

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A Board of Directors cannot be

considered a parent firm, a firm related

to the subject firm by ownership, or a

firm related by control.

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 decision. Accordingly, the

application is denied.

Signed at Washington, DC this 23rd day of

May 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 01–14418 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment Standards Administration

Wage and Hour Division; Minimum

Wage for Federal and Federally

Assisted Construction; General Wage

Determination Decisions

General wage determination decisions

of the Secretary of Labor are issued in

accordance with applicable law and are

based on the information obtained by

the Department of Labor from its study

of local wage conditions and data made

available from other sources. They

specify the basic hourly wage rates and

fringe benefits which are determined to

be prevailing for the described classes of

laborers and mechanics employed on

construction projects of a similar

character and in the localities specified

therein.

The determinations in these decisions

of prevailing rates and fringe benefits

have been made in accordance with 29

CFR part 1, by authority of the Secretary

of Labor pursuant to the provisions of

the Davis-Bacon Act of March 3, 1931,

as amended (46 Stat. 1494, as amended,

40 U.S.C. 276a) (and of other Federal

statutes referred to in 29 CFR part 1,

Appendix, as well as such additional

statutes as may from time to time be

enacted containing provisions for the

payment of wages determined to be

prevailing by the Secretary of Labor in

accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act.

The prevailing rates and fringe benefits

determined in these decisions shall, in

accordance with the provisions of the

foregoing statutes, constitute the

minimum wages payable on Federal and

federally assisted construction projects

to laborers and mechanics of the

specified classes engaged on contract

work of the character and in the

localities described therein.

Good cause is hereby found for not

utilizing notice and public comment

procedure thereon prior to the issuance

of these determinations as prescribed in

5 U.S.C. 553 and not providing for delay

in the effective date as prescribed in that

section, because the necessity to issue

current construction industry wage

determinations frequently and in large

volume causes procedures to be

impractical and contrary to the public

interest.

General wage determination

decisions, and modifications and

supersedeas decisions thereto,

contained no expiration dates and are

effective from their date of notice in the

Federal Register, or on the date written

notice is received by the agency,

whichever is earlier. These decisions are

to be used in accordance with the

provisions of 29 CFR parts 1 and 5.

Accordingly, the applicable decision,

together with any modifications issued,

must be made a part of every contract

for performance of the described work

within the geographic area indicated as

required by an applicable Federal

prevailing wage law and 29 CFR part 5.

The wage rates and fringe benefits,

notice of which is published herein, and

which are contained in the Government

Printing Office (GPO) document entitled

‘‘General Wage Determinations Issued

Under The Davis-Bacon And Related

Acts,’’ shall be the minimum paid by

contractors and subcontractors to

laborers and mechanics.

Any person, organization, or

governmental agency having an interest

in the rates determined as prevailing is

encouraged to submit wage rate and

fringe benefit information for

consideration by the Department.

Further information and selfexplanatory forms for the purpose of

submitting this data may be obtained by

writing to the U.S. Department of Labor,

Employment Standards Administration,

Wage and Hour Division, Division of

Wage Determinations, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Room S–3014,

Washington, DC 20210.

Modification to General Wage

Determination Decisions

The number of decisions listed to the

Government Printing Office document

entitled ‘‘General Wage Determination

Issued Under the Davis-Bacon and

related Acts’’ being modified are listed

by Volume and State. Dates of

publication in the Federal Register are

in parentheses following the decisions

being modified.

Volume I

None

Volume II

Pennsylvania

PA010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

PA010020 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume III

Kentucky

KY010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010006 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010007 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010025 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010028 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010029 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010032 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010033 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010035 (Mar. 02, 2001)

KY010049 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume IV

Michigan

MI010017 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010081 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010082 (Mar. 02, 2001)

MI010084 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Ohio

OH010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010002 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010006 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010008 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010009 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010012 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010013 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010018 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010020 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010022 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010023 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010024 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010026 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010027 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010028 (Mar. 02, 2001)

OH010029 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume V

Louisiana

LA010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010004 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010005 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010009 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010012 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010014 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010016 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010018 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010048 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010052 (Mar. 02, 2001)

LA010054 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume VI

Washington

WA010001 (Mar. 02, 2001)

WA010003 (Mar. 02, 2001)

Volume VII

None