Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

Petitions have been filed with the Secretary of Labor under Section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (“the Act”) and are identified in the Appendix to this notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, the Director of the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, has instituted investigations pursuant to Section 221(a) of the Act.

The purpose of each of the investigations is to determine whether the workers are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Title II, Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations will further relate, as appropriate, to the determination of the date on which total or partial separations began or threatened to begin and the subdivision of the firm involved.

The petitioners or any other persons showing a substantial interest in the subject matter of the investigations may request a public hearing, provided such request is filed in writing with the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than February 14, 2000.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than February 14, 2000.

The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC this 10th day of January, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

Petitions Instituted on Jan. 10, 2000

TA-W

Subject firm (petitioners)

Location

Date of

petition

Product(s)

37,224

Foster Wheeler (Wkrs)

Playas, NM

01/03/2000

Copper.

37,225

Middle Bay Oil (Co.)

Wichita, KS

12/22/1999

Crude Oil.

37,226

Burgett Geothernal (Co.)

Animas, NM

12/01/1999

Cut Roses.

37,227

Nobleville Casting (UAW)

Nobleville, IN

12/29/1999

Iron Ductile Castings.

37,228

Third Generation, Inc (Co.)

Latta, SC

12/22/1999

Ladies' Apparel.

37,229

L.G.&E. Natural Gatherin (Wkrs)

Hobbs, NM

12/20/1999

Natural Gas (Methane).

37,230

Elizabethtown Sportswear (UNITE)

Elizabethtown, KY

12/21/1999

Men's Tailored Trousers.

37,231

Laurel Mold (Wkrs)

Jeannette, PA

12/15/1999

Glass Moulds.

37,232

Thomas Bradford Shirt (UNITE)

Huntingdon, TN

12/23/1999

Woven Shirts for Men, Women, Children.

37,233

Dana Corporation (USWA)

Reading, PA

12/14/1999

Light Duty Pick-Up Trucks.

37,234

Seagate (Wkrs)

Oklahoma City, OK

12/17/1999

Computer Hardare and Software.

37,235

Angelica Image Apparel (Wkrs)

Ackerman, MS

12/10/1999

Polo Shirts.

37,236

Chicago Pneumatic Tool (Co.)

Rock Hill, SC

12/15/1999

Air Powered Hand Tools.

37,237

International Paper (Wkrs)

Natchez, MS

12/13/1999

Dissolving Wood Pulp (DWP).

37,238

Harborside Graphics (Co.)

Belfast, ME

12/10/1999

Printed and Emboidered T-Shirts.

37,239

Dezurik (Wkrs)

McMinnville, TN

12/13/1999

Frame Fabs Superstructures.

37,240

Chevron Products Co (Wkrs)

Roosevelt, UT

01/04/2000

Pipeline Distsribution of Crude Oil.

37,241

Contour Energy Co (Wkrs)

Houston, TX

12/30/1999

Drill Natural Gas.

37,242

Wardson, Inc (Co.)

Adamsville, TN

12/28/1999

Sewing Thread for Apparel.

37,243

Whizard Protective Wear (Wkrs)

Birmingham, OH

12/06/1999

Resistant Gloves.

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