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

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration

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

AGENCY:

Economic Development Administration (EDA).

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 May 26, 2000-June 21, 2000

Firm name

Address

Date petition

accepted

Product

Mearthan, Inc

16 Western Industrial Dr., Cranston, RI 02921

5-31-2000

Custom fabricated polyurethane components for business equipment, industrial applications, recreational products, and automotive industries.

Environmental Elements Corp

3700 Koppers Street, Baltimore, MD 21227

5-31-2000

Dust collection and air purification equipment.

American Conveyor, Inc

Route 1 Box 46, Altavista, VA 24517

5-31-2000

Standard and custom designed belt continuous conveyors used in the material handling and storage industries.

Chain Technology, Inc

88 Niantic Avenue, Providence, RI 02907

5-31-2000

Gold chains.

M.W. Bevins Company

9903 East 54th Street, Tulsa, OK 74146

5-31-2000

Phasing testers for distribution circuits.

Surface Mount Depot, Inc

4001 Will Rogers Pky., Oklahoma City, OK 73108

5-31-2000

Printed circuit boards.

Rolite Manufacturing Co., Inc

10 Wendling Court, Lancaster, NY 14086

5-31-2000

Metal stamped lamp parts including canopies, bases, arm plates, cups, cross bars, and glass holders arm plates, cups, cross.

Amtab Manufacturing Co., Inc

1747 West Grand Ave., Chicago, IL 60622

6-1-2000

Wooden tables with folding metal legs.

Adobe Air, Inc

500 South 15th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034

6-1-2000

Portable space heaters.

Thompson Dental Manufacturing Company, Inc

1201 South 6th West, Missouri, MT 59801

6-7-2000

Dental hand instruments.

Central Chair Company

277 North Park Street, Asheboro, NC 27204

6-7-2000

Bar stools of wood.

American Folk Art Furnituure Co

Rt. 3, Box 1647, Afton, OK 74331

6-21-2000

Wooden carved furniture.

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: June 19, 2000.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00-16173 Filed 6-26-00; 8:45 am]

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