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 15, 2002.

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 4, 2002.

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 21st day of December, 2001.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

Petitions Instituted on 12/21/2001

TA-W

Subject firm

(Petitioners)

Location

Date of petition

Product(s)

40,457

Trane Company (IAMAW)

La Crosse, WI

10/10/2001

Air conditioning equipment.

40,458

Handler Textile—Duro (Co.)

Stone Mountain, GA

10/24/2001

Textile processing.

40,459

Ispat Inland, Inc. (Co.)

East Chicago, IL

12/13/2001

Cold rolled flat steel.

40,460

Radax Industries (Wrks)

Webster, NY

10/22/2001

Hex socket set screws.

40,461

Daishowa American Co. Ltd (Wrks)

Port Angeles, WA

12/10/2001

Alder chips.

40,462

Vishay Vitramon (Co.)

Roanoke, VA

12/12/2001

Ceramic capacitors.

40,463

Dunham-Bush, Inc. (Co.)

Harrisonburg, VA

10/31/2001

Heating and air haulders equipment.

40,464

Low Cost Manufacturing (Wrks)

Utica, NY

10/08/2001

Customer replacement units.

40,465

Hershey Foods Corp (Wrks)

Pennsburg, PA

11/29/2001

Hershey's Pot of Gold Candies.

40,466

Precision Cable Assemblie (Wrks)

Longansport, IN

12/14/2001

Wire harnesses—cables.

40,467

Gold Seam (Wrks)

Passaic, NJ

10/30/2001

Ladies' blouses.

40,468

DT Magnetics Int'l (Wrks)

Dover, NH

10/22/2001

Power transformers.

40,469

Kellogg Crankshaft Co (Union)

Jackson, MI

11/15/2001

Automobile crankshaft.

40,470

RBN Manufacturing, Inc. (Co.)

Dothan, AL

11/09/2001

Boxer shorts, knit tops.

40,471

FCI USA, Inc. (Wrks)

Cypress, CA

10/23/2001

Data and telecommunications.

40,472

Romart, Inc. (UNITE)

Scranton, PA

10/24/2001

Men's dress and sport coats.

40,473

Marlan Tool, Inc. (Wrks)

Meadville, PA

10/31/2001

Design molds—plastic parts.

40,474

Acme Steel Co (USWA)

Chicago, IL

10/26/2001

Steel coils.

40,475

Quality Tool and Die (Wrks)

Meadville, PA

11/16/2001

Mold and die tooling.

40,476

A.S. Haight (UNITE)

Cartersville, GA

11/19/2001

Screen printing cloth.

40,477

Precision Tool and Die (Wrks)

Louisville, KY

11/16/2001

Tooling and die components.

40,478

Dimension Carbide, Inc. (Co.)

Guys Mills, PA

11/15/2001

Custom form grinding.

40,479

Gategourmet Unit 498 (Wrks)

Charlotte, NC

11/06/2001

Food for airlines.

40,480

Flambeau Micro (Co.)

Sun Prairie, WI

10/25/2001

Motorola cell phone components.

40,481

Artex International (Co.)

Highland, IL

10/20/2001

Table linens—airline, restaurants.

40,482

Bridgestone/Firestone (USWA)

Russellville, AR

10/19/2001

Inner tubes.

40,483

Sumitomo Electric Wiring (Co.)

Morgantown, KY

12/12/2001

Electric wiring harnesses.

40,484

Bristol Compressors, Inc (Co.)

Sparta, NC

10/22/2001

Compressors for air conditioning.

40,485

Dyersburg Corp. (Co.)

Charlotte, NC

12/11/2001

Yarn dye and piece dye knit fabric.

40,486

LSI Logic (Wrks)

Santa Clara, CA

11/07/2001

Wafer fabrication.

40,487

Atlanta Manufacturing (Wrks)

Norcross, GA

10/22/2001

Cable television electronic headware.

40,488

Sunbrand (Wrks)

Norcross, GA

11/05/2001

Sell & distribution of equipment.

40,489

Empire Iron Mining (Co.)

Palmer, MI

11/30/2001

Iron ore.

40,490

Schmalbach-Lubeca Plastic (Wrks)

Erie, PA

10/23/2001

Metal mold base assemblies.

40,491

Wesley Industries, Inc (Co.)

New Haven, MI

11/20/2001

Gray iron OEM automotive parts.

40,492

Coastal Lumber Co (Wrks)

Suffolk, VA

12/04/2001

Wood products.

40,493

Kaiser Aluminum Corp (USWA)

Tacoma, WA

11/09/2001

Aluminum products.

40,494

Accuride International (Co.)

So. Bend, IN

12/17/2001

Linear slides.

40,495

Galey and Lord Services (Wrks)

Eagle Pass, TX

11/30/2001

Men's and ladies' pants.

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