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, 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 01/20/2000-02/17/2000

Firm name

Address

Date petition

accepted

Product

Hampton Research & Engineering, Inc

2670 West I-40 Oklahoma City, OK 73108

24-Jan-2000

Dental equipment and supplies.

Pennsylvania Machine Work, Inc

100 Bethel Road Aston, PA 19014

24-Jan-2000

Forged steel and alloy industrial pipe fittings.

Water Color Graphics, Inc

252 Bethlehem Pike Colmar, PA 18915

02-Feb-2000

Water based inks.

Thompson Industries, Inc

4260 Arkansas Avenue, S. Russellville, AR 72802

02-Feb-2000

Pressure treated lumber, posts and poles and ties and guardrails.

Dares Corporation

220 East Hersey St. Ashland, OR 97520

03-Feb-2000

Sharpening machines and grinding wheels.

Osprey Packs, Inc

115 Progress Circle Cortez, CO 81321

03-Feb-2000

Backpacks of man-made fiber.

Pallets, Inc

99 1/2 East Street, Fort Edward, NY 12828

04-Feb-2000

Wood pallets used to transport goods.

Rockford Powertrain, Inc

1200 Windsor Road Rockford, IL 61111

04-Feb-2000

Torque converters, clutches and universal joints.

Dixie Packaging, Inc

915 Tanner Road Taylors, SC 29602

16-Feb-2000

Plastic bags made from polypropylene film.

Splash Marine, Inc

135 NE 38th Terrace Oklahoma City, OK 73105

16-Feb-2000

Boats of reinforced plastic.

K & F Electronics, Inc

33041 Groesbeck Fraser, MI 48026

16-Feb-2000

Printed circuit boards.

McElroy Company, Inc

411 7th Street Snyder, OK 73566

16-Feb-2000

Trailers for agricultural use.

Twinplex Manufacturing Co

840 Lively Boulevard Wood Dale, IL 60191

17-Feb-2000

Tubes and shells, drawn of alloy steel for consumer batteries, automotive, appliances, electronics, military ammunition and industrial applications.

Watangaa Inc., d.b.a. Coyote Found Candles

31 Workman Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368

17-Feb-2000

Candles.

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: February 17, 2000.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00-4719 Filed 2-28-00; 8:45 am]

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