Petitions by Producing Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration

Petitions by Producing Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

AGENCY:

Economic Development Administration (EDA), Commerce.

ACTION:

To give firms an opportunity to comment.

Petitions have been accepted for filing on the dates indicated from the firms listed below.

List of Petition Action by Trade Adjustment Assistance for Period 04/15/2000-05/26/2000

Firm name

Address

Date petition accepted

Product

Bulk-Tainers Corp

20 Erie Street, Belmont, NY 14813

18-Apr-2000

Large storage tanks made of carbon and stainless steel.

North Star Ice Equipment Corp

8151 Occidental Avenue S., Seattle, WA 98108

19-Apr-2000

Ice making machines and equipment.

Nafta Textile Mills, L.L.C

315 Old River Road, Manville, RI 02838

25-Apr-2000

Woven fabrics of natural and synthetic materials.

Lapco Manufacturing, Inc

98 Glenwood Street, Morgan City, LA 70380

25-Apr-2000

Cotton work shirts.

Nomad USA

3209 Washington Ave., Newport News, VA 23607

25-Apr-2000

Baseball caps.

Jorgensen Forge

8531 E. Marginal Way S., Seattle, WA 98108

26-Apr-2000

Pipe collars and billets and other forgings for the aerospace, oil, aircraft, automotive and shipbuilding industries.

Hillcrest Knitting Mills, Inc.,

908 S. Evans Street, Uvalde, Texas 78801

26-Apr-2000

Cotton sweaters.

Bollman Hat Company

110 East Main Street, Adamstown, PA 19501

03-May-2000

Wood hats.

B. I. Industries, Inc

13920 South Western Ave., Blue Island, IL 60406

01-May-2000

Industrial incinerators and ovens.

Gallery Graphics, Inc

2400 Highway 59 South, Noel, MO 64854

01-May-2000

Wooden picture frames.

Thermafiber, L.L.C

3711 West Mill Street, Wabash, IN 46992

01-May-2000

Mineral wood insulation.

Walk Easy Manufacturing, Inc

L & D Drive, Owensville, MO 65066

04-May-2000

Shoe components.

Bender Ship Building & Repair Co., Inc

265 S. Water Street, Mobile, AL 36603

26-May-2000

Shipbuilding and repair.

The petitions were submitted pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341). Consequently, the United States Department of Commerce has initiated separate investigations to determine whether increased imports into the United States of articles like or directly competitive with those produced by each firm contributed importantly to total or partial separation of the firm's workers, or threat thereof, and to a decrease in sales or production of each petitioning firm.

Any party having a substantial interest in the proceedings may request a public hearing on the matter. A request for a hearing must be received by Trade Adjustment Assistance, Room 7315, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no later than the close of business of the tenth calendar day following the publication of this notice.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance official program number and title of the program under which these petitions are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Dated: May 16, 2000.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00-13386 Filed 5-26-00; 8:45 am]

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