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BILLING CODE 7020-02-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-54,945; TA-W-54,945A] Amcor Plastube, Inc., Breinigsville, Pennsylvania; Amcor Plastube, Inc., Lake in the Hills, Illinois; 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 June 16, 2004, applicable to workers of Amcor Plastube, Inc., Breinigsville, Pennsylvania.
The notice was published in the **Federal Register** on July 7, 2004 (69 FR 40984). At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. New information shows that a separation occurred involving an employee of Amcor Plastube, Inc., Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, working in Lake in the Hills, Illinois. Mr. James Sonsalla provided support services for the production of plastic squeeze tubes and polyfoil tubes for the cosmetic industry that are produced by the firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this certification to extend coverage to the employee of the Breinigsville, Pennsylvania facility of Amcor Plastube, Inc., working in Lake in the Hills, Illinois. The intent of the Department's certification is to include all workers of Amcor Plastube, Inc., Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, who were adversely affected by a shift in production to Canada. The amended notice applicable to TA-W-54,945 is hereby issued as follows: “All workers of Amcor Plastube, Inc., Breinigsville, Pennsylvania (TA-W-54,945), and Amcor Plastube, Inc., Lake in the Hills, Illinois (TA-W-54,945A), who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 17, 2003, through June 16, 2006, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
” Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of November 2004. Linda G. Poole, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E4-3292 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-30-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-55,894] Delta Mills, Plant 3; Wallace, SC; Notice of Termination of Investigation Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, an investigation was initiated on November 1, 2004 in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Delta Mills, Plant 3, Wallace, South Carolina.
The petitioner 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 8th day of November, 2004. Elliott S. Kushner, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E4-3295 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-30-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-53,679] General Cable, Taunton, MA;
Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration on Remand The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) granted the Department of Labor's request for voluntary remand of the negative determination on reconsideration in *United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (General Cable)* v. *U.S. Secretary of Labor,* Court No. 04-00390. The Department's denial of Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA)for the workers of General Cable, Taunton, Massachusetts was issued on January 13, 2004 and was published in the **Federal Register** on February 6, 2004 (69 FR 5866). The workers produce copper wire and polyvinylchloride
(PVC)plastic compounds and are separately identifiable by product line. The subject company and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, District Council 2 (“Union”) filed a joint primary- and secondarily-affected petition, claiming that the subject company lost sales to customers importing and that the subject company lost business as a supplier, assembler or finisher of products or components for a trade-affected primary company (General Cable, Montoursville, Pennsylvania). The initial investigation revealed that during the relevant time period, the subject company did not supply a component to a primary firm engaged in production whose workers were currently certified as trade impacted. The primary firm ceased production in 2001 and the TAA certification of workers at that facility expired November 9, 2003. The investigation also revealed that sales and production at the subject company increased in 2003 from 2002 levels. By application dated February 4, 2004, the Union requested administrative reconsideration of the negative determination, stating that the relevant period investigated by the Department is not an accurate measure in determining workers' eligibility for TAA and suggests that the Department should extend the investigation back to the beginning of 2000. The Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration was issued on March 23, 2004 and was published in the **Federal Register** on June 8, 2004 (69 FR 32046). The request for reconsideration was denied because the closure of the primary company occurred before the relevant time period (November 20, 2002 through November 20, 2003). The TAA statute established the investigatory period as the twelve full months prior to the petition date (November 20, 2003). By application of July 31, 2004, the Union sought judicial review from the USCIT. In response to the petitioner's appeal, the Department requested, and was granted, a voluntary remand. The Order was issued on September 16, 2004. In its remand investigation, the Department determined that the workers of the firm are separately identifiable as to whether they are engaged in the production of copper wire or PVC compound. The Department contacted the company for sales, production, and import figures for copper wire and PVC compound produced at the subject facility during 2002, 2003, January-November 2002 and January-November 2003 as well as information regarding the subject company's customers. The investigation on remand determined that the subject firm did not import copper wire or PVC compound during 2002, 2003, January-November 2002 and January-November 2003. The remand investigation determined that there was no loss of business with customers purchasing copper wire during the relevant period. Production of copper wire increased at the subject facility in 2003 from 2002 levels and increased during January-November 2003 from January-December 2002 levels. To support its findings on remand, the Department also conducted a new customer survey of the subject company's major customers regarding their purchases of copper wire during 2002, 2003, January-November 2002 and January-November 2003. The investigation revealed that the customers did not increase import purchases (direct or indirect) of copper wire during 2002, 2003, January-November 2002 and January-November 2003. The Department determined on its remand investigation that PVC compound production at the subject firm decreased in 2003 from 2002 levels and decreased during January-November 2003 from January-December 2002 levels. The Department conducted a new customer survey of the subject company's major customers regarding their purchases of PVC compound during 2002, 2003, January-November 2002 and January-November 2003. The investigation revealed that the customers did not increase import purchases (direct or indirect) of PVC compound during 2002, 2003, January-November 2002 and January-November 2003. Therefore, the Department determined that the workers of the firm producing PVC compound are not impacted by imports of PVC compound. The remand investigation also confirmed that workers of General Cable, Taunton, Massachusetts, cannot be considered secondarily affected because sales of copper wire and PVC compound to the primary firm ceased in 2001 (copper wire in August 2001 and PVC compound in September 2001). As previously determined, the primary firm ceased its production in 2001. Conclusion After reconsideration on remand, I affirm the original notice of negative determination of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance for workers and former workers of General Cable, Taunton, Massachusetts. Signed at Washington, DC, this 16th day of November 2004. Linda G. Poole, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. E4-3291 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-30-P DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-55,889] The Glass Group, Inc., Park Hills, MO; Notice of Termination of Investigation Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an investigation was initiated on October 27, 2004 in response to a worker petition filed on behalf of workers at The Glass Group, Inc., Park Hills, Missouri. This petition is a duplicate of a petition instituted on October 27, 2004 (TA-W-55,864), which is the subject of an ongoing investigation. Consequently, further investigation in this case would serve no purpose, and the petition investigation has been terminated. Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of November, 2004. Linda G. Poole, Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. [FR Doc. 04-26017 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am]
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