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 Division 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, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than January 8, 2001.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than January 8, 2001.

The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Dated: Signed at Washington, DC this 11th day of December, 2000.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

Petitions Instituted on 12/11/2000

TA-W

Subject firm (petitioners)

Location

Date of

petition

Product(s)

38,395

Baxter Healthcare Corp. (Wrks)

Round Lake, IL

11/16/2000

Medical pumps.

38,396

Philips Display Component (IBEW)

Ottawa, OH

11/10/2000

Color TV picture tubes.

38,397

Owens-Brockway Glass (GMP)

Brockway, PA

11/14/2000

Glass containers.

38,398

G.F. Wright Steel (Wrks)

Worcester, MA

11/22/2000

Woven hardware cloth.

38,399

Reactive Metals and Alloy (Comp)

West Pittsburg, PA

11/27/2000

Metals and alloys.

38,400

Potlatch Corp. (Wrks)

Cloquet, MN

11/27/2000

Wood products, paper board, tissue.

38,401

Calibrated Charts Corp. (Wrks)

Batavia, NY

11/27/2000

Paper recording charts.

38,402

Comp Air (Wrks)

Sidney, OH

11/15/2000

Air compressors and parts.

38,403

ICI Explosives (Wrks)

Joplin, MO

11/17/2000

Ammonium nitrate.

38,404

Lending Textile Co. (Comp)

Montgomery, PA

11/17/2000

Decorative textile trim.

38,405

Cabot Performance (Wrks)

Boyertown, PA

12/01/2000

Tanalum wire.

38,406

Philadelphia Gear Corp. (IAMAW)

King of Prussia, PA

11/27/2000

Power transmissions, speed reducers.

38,407

Tower Automotive Prod. (DALU)

Milwaukee, WI

11/22/2000

Commercial truck rails.

38,408

Williams Energy (Wrks)

Broomfield, MN

11/28/2000

Processing plant—oil and gas.

38,409

Money's Foods US, Inc. (Comp)

Blandon, PA

12/01/2000

Grocery store.

38,410

Editorial America (Wrks)

Miami, FL

11/28/2000

Spanish magazines.

38,411

Enterprise Lumber (Comp)

Arlington, WA

11/30/2000

Lumber.

38,412

Columbia Falls Aluminum (Comp)

Columbia Falls, MT

11/21/2000

Aluminum ingot.

38,413

Binns Machinery Products (Comp)

Cincinnati, OH

11/16/2000

Roll lathes—steel mills.

38,414

Villazon and Co., Inc. (Comp)

Tampa, FL

12/04/2000

Cigars—machine made.

38,415

Remley and Co., Inc. (Comp)

Albion, NY

11/30/2000

Commercial lithography.

38,416

Willamette Electric (Comp)

Portland, OR

11/22/2000

Automotive starters, alternators.

38,417

Wing Industries, Inc. (Wrks)

Mt. Pleasant, TX

11/27/2000

Wooden door parts.

38,418

Harbor Industries (Comp)

Traverse City, MI

11/25/2000

Point of purchase displays.

38,419

John Campbell and Co. (Wrks)

Perkasie, PA

11/29/2000

Textile dyes.

38,420

Apex Systems, Inc. (Comp)

Colorado Springs, CO

11/28/2000

Optical test media equipment.

38,421

Wiscassett Mills Co. (Comp)

Kannapolis, NC

11/29/2000

Yarn.

38,422

LTV Steel Corp. (USWA)

Aliquippa, PA

11/22/2000

Flat rolled coated products.

38,423

US Steel Group (USWA)

Pittsburgh, PA

11/22/2000

Flat rolled coated products.

[FR Doc. 00-33070 Filed 12-27-00; 8:45 am]

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