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 February 20, 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 February 20, 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.

Signed at Washington, DC this 16th day of January, 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[Petitions instituted on 01/16/2001]

TA-W

Subject firm (petitioners)

Location

Date of

petition

Product(s)

38,531

Owens-BriGam Medical Co (Comp)

Newland, NC

12/29/2000

Disposable Anesthesia Supplies.

38,532

UPG Portland (Comp)

Hillsboro, OR

12/20/2000

Telephone Handsets.

38,533

Spray Cotton Mills (Wrks)

Eden, NC

12/22/2000

Cotton Yarn.

38,534

Hedstrom Lumber Co (Wrks)

Two Harbors, MN

12/26/2000

Dimentional Lumber.

38,535

MelPack, Inc. (Comp)

Mullins, SC

12/27/2000

Corrugated Light Bulb Boxes.

38,536

Crawford Furniture Mfg (Wrks)

New Bethlehem, PA

12/27/2000

Bed Room, Dining Room Furniture.

38,537

Sharp Image Energy (Comp)

Big Spring, TX

01/05/2001

Oilfield Drilling.

38,538

Southern Oregon Log (WCIW)

Roseburg, OR

01/04/2001

Log—Scaling.

38,539

Imperial Spreckels Corp. (Wrks)

Tracy, CA

12/19/2000

Sugar—Granulated, Powdered.

38,540

New York Air Brake (IAMAW)

Watertown, NY

12/30/2000

Train Machined Components.

38,541

Ametek, US Gauge Div. (Comp)

Bartow, FL

12/21/2000

Compressed Gas Gauges.

38,542

Sweetheart Cup Co (Comp)

Springfield, MO

12/19/2000

Paper Cups.

38,543

Hercules, Inc. (Comp)

Parlin, NJ

01/02/2001

Nitrocellulose.

38,544

Bausch and Lomb (Comp)

Sarasota, FL

12/27/2000

Toric Contact Lenses.

38,545

Sappi Fine Paper NA (PACE)

Muskegon, MI

12/20/2000

Coated Paper.

38,546

Tower Electronics (Wrks)

Fridley, MN

12/21/2000

Custom Power Supplies.

38,547

Georgia-Pacific (IBT)

Grand Rapids, MI

01/05/2001

Gypsum Wall Board.

38,548

Timberland Logging (Comp)

Ashland, OR

12/19/2000

Lumber.

38,549

Louisiana Pacific Corp (Comp)

Oroville, CA

12/15/2000

Hardboard.

38,550

Pottstown Precision (UAW)

Stowe, PA

01/09/2001

Transmission Parts.

38,551

Nova Bus, Plant #3 (Wrks)

Roswell, NM

01/04/2001

Components—Transit Buses.

38,552

North Star Steel-Kentucky (USWA)

Calvert City, KY

12/29/2000

Steel Channels, Angles, Flats, Plates.

38,553

Ingersoll Milling Machine (Wrks)

Rockford, IL

12/18/2000

Engine Transfer Lines.

38,554

Lego Systems, Inc. (Comp)

Enfield, CT

01/04/2001

Legos.

38,555

Tee Jays (Wrks)

Florence, AL

01/03/2001

T-Shirts.

38,556

Con-Vey Keystone (USWA)

Roseburg, OR

01/02/2001

Material Handling Equipment.

38,557

Southern Webbing Mills (Wrks)

Greensboro, NC

12/27/2000

Elastic for Garments.

38,558

Clark Metal Products Co (UAW)

Marion, OH

12/19/2001

Metal Hardware.

38,559

Spreckels Sugar Co (UFCW)

Woodland, CA

01/02/2001

Sugar.

38,560

Bayer Corp (USWA)

Elkhart, IN

01/05/2001

Alka Seltzer and Alka Seltzer Plus.

[FR Doc. 01-3300 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45am]

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