Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 19, 1996 / Notices 31163

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31164 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 19, 1996 / Notices

Notice of Interim Assignment of

Departmental Duties Retained

Following Congressional Action With

Respect to the Elimination of the Office

of the American Workplace

By memorandum effective June 16,

1996, I have delegated authority and

assigned responsibility to John Kotch,

Deputy Assistant Secretary, for

performing all of the following duties

prescribed under Secretary’s Orders 2–

93, 58 FR 42578, and 2–95, 60 FR

13602:

(1) The Labor-Management Reporting

and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended,

29 U.S.C. 401 et seq.;

(2) Section 701 (Standards of Conduct

for Labor Organizations) of the Civil

Service Reform Act of 1978, 5 U.S.C.

7120;

(3) Section 1017 of the Foreign

Service Act of 1980, 22 U.S.C. 4117;

(4) Section 1209 of the Postal

Reorganization Act of 1970, 30 U.S.C.

1209;

(5) The employee protection

provisions of the Federal Transit law, as

codified at 49 U.S.C. 5333(b) and related

provisions;

(6) Section 405(a), (b), (c), and (e) of

the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970,

45 U.S.C. 565(a), (b), (c), and (e);

(7) Section 43(d) of the Airline

Deregulation Act of 1978, repealed and

reenacted at 49 U.S.C. 42101–42103;

and

(8) Executive Order 12954, March 8,

1995, 60 FR 13023, to the extent that the

exercise of authority or responsibilities

under this Order is consistent with

applicable court decisions.

This notice supersedes my notice

published in the Federal Register on

May 14, 1996 at 61 FR 24334. I currently

anticipate that this delegation of

authority will be superseded again at

the beginning of fiscal year 1997.

Nonetheless, this delegation will remain

in effect until a further delegation of

these duties, or other notice, is executed

by me. Any of the above duties may be

redelegated, as appropriate, by him.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 13th day

of June 1996.

Robert B. Reich,

Secretary of Labor.

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Employment and Training

Administration

[TA–W–31,942]

Carter-Wallace, Inc., Trenton, New

Jersey; Notice of Negative

Determination Regarding Application

for Reconsideration

By an application dated May 10, 1996,

the United Steelworkers of America

(USWA), Local No. 514L, requested

administrative reconsideration of the

subject petition for Trade Adjustment

Assistance (TAA). The denial notice

was signed on April 5, 1996 and

published in the Federal Register on

April 29, 1996 (61 FR 18757).

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.

Workers at the subject firm were

engaged in employment related to the

production of condoms. The Union

questions why the Department, in

making its determination, used

corporate wide sales and production at

the Trenton, New Jersey production

facility, as opposed to limiting the date

inquiry to the appropriate subdivision.

The Union also claims that the 40%

increase in U.S. imports of condoms

between 1994 and 1995 contributed

importantly to worker separations at

Carter-Wallace.

The Department’s denial of TAA for

worker of Carter-Wallace, Trenton, New

Jersey was based on the fact the criteria

(2) and (3) of the group eligibility

requirements of Section 222 of the

Trade Act of 1974 were not met. Failure

to meet any one of the worker group

eligibility requirements is basis for

denial.

The Department’s findings in the

investigation showed that CarterWallace made the decision to transfer

production from Trenton to another

domestic facility. A domestic transfer of

production would not provide a basis

for certification.

Since layoffs at the subject firm were

attributable to a domestic transfer of

production, the Department examined

corporate-wide sales. Corporate sales

and production of condoms increased

for the time period relevant to the

investigation. Therefore, criterion (2) of

the group eligibility requirements is not

met.

The Union also raises issues related to

foreign ownership of U.S.-based

condom manufacturers. Foreign

ownership of U.S.-based companies

producing articles that are competitive

with the condoms produced by CarterWallace is irrelevant to this case.

The Union cites that workers of

another domestic producer of condoms

was certified eligible for TAA benefits.

This producer had declining sales,

production and employment, and

increased its import purchases of

condoms, thereby meeting all the

certification criteria.

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, D.C., this 5th day of

June 1996.

Curtis K. Kooser,

Acting Program Manager, Policy and

Reemployment Services, Office of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

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Casablanca Fan Company, City of

Industry, California; Notice of

Termination of Investigation

Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade

Act of 1974, an investigation was

initiated on April 29, 1996 in response

to a worker petition which was filed on

April 29, 1996 on behalf of workers at

Casablanca Fan Company, City of

Industry, California.

An active certification covering the

petitioning group of workers remains in

effect (TA–W–32,160). Consequently,

further investigation in this case would

serve no purpose, and the investigation

has been terminated.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of

June, 1996.

Russell T. Kile,

Acting Program Manager, Policy and

Reemployment Services, Office of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

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