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 November 1, 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 November 1, 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 23rd day of September, 2002.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[Petitions Instituted On 09/23/2002]

TA-W

Subject firm

(petitioners)

Location

Date of

petition

Product(s)

42,149

Modine Manufacturing (Co.)

Knoxville, TN

08/16/2002

Aluminum oil and charge air coolers.

42,150

Precision Castparts (Wkrs)

North Grafton, MA

09/04/2002

Beams, brackets, drag struts, gear beams.

42,151

Electric Systems (Co.)

Glysburg, PA

09/10/2002

Custom wine harnesses.

42,152

Pringle Power Vac (Wkrs)

Walla Walla, WA

09/11/2002

Power vacuum equipment.

42,153

Wells Lamon Corp. (Wkrs)

Waynesboro, MS

09/04/2002

Leather and textile work gloves.

42,154

Traction Technologies (Co.)

Jonesboro, AR

09/04/2002

Axle tubes, gears, pinion mate shafts.

42,155

Franklin Mint (The) (Wkrs)

Franklin Center, PA

09/05/2002

Collectible dolls, plates, cars.

42,156

Wisconsin Automated Mach (Co.)

Oshkosh, WI

09/05/2002

Metal cutting band saws.

42,157

A.O. Smith Electrical (Co.)

Upper Sandusky, OH

09/04/2002

Aluminum endframes, rotors, shafts.

42,158

O-Cedar Brands (Co.)

Portland, IN

09/05/2002

Brushes, mops and brooms.

42,159

Landis Gardner (Wkrs)

Waynesboro, PA

09/03/2002

Cylindrical grinding machines.

42,160

Atadis U.S.A. (IBT)

McAdoo, PA

08/29/2002

Cigars and cigarettes.

42,161

Loris Industries (Co.)

Loris, SC

08/30/2002

Yarn, polyester, rayon, acrylic staple.

42,162

Forney, Inc. (USWA)

Hermitage, PA

09/04/2002

Testing equip. for concrete, asphalt.

42,163

VF Imagewear (West) (Co.)

Sparta, TN

09/04/2002

Men's work clothing.

42,164

Exide Technology (Wkrs)

Columbus, GA

08/22/2002

Batteries.

42,165

Wirtz Manufacturing (Wkrs)

Port Huron, MI

08/30/2002

Filling, casting and assembly machinery.

42,166

Best Manufacturing (Co.)

Johnson City, TN

08/30/2002

Disposable synthetic rubber gloves.

42,167

ADC Telecommunications (Wkrs)

Le Sueur, MN

09/04/2002

Wiring lines.

42,168

Gulfstream Aerospace (Wkrs)

Bethany, OK

09/06/2002

Aircraft parts.

42,169

Alcoa, Inc (Co.)

Badin, NC

09/06/2002

Molten aluminum metal.

42,170

FMC Corporation (UFCW)

Town of Tonawan, NY

09/09/2002

Sodium, ammonium, and potassium persulfa.

42,171

Foothills Apparel (Co.)

Albany, KY

09/10/2002

Shirts.

42,172

Volex (Co.)

Clinton, AR

09/06/2002

Power cords, electric cords.

42,173

ADC Telecommunications (Wkrs)

Vadnais Heights, MN

09/04/2002

Optical laser products, pump lasers.

42,174

Sterling Fibers (Co.)

Pace, FL

09/17/2002

Acrylic fibers and textile goods.

42,175

Hilti, Inc. (Wkrs)

New Castle, PA

08/23/2002

Repair and condition molds.

42,176

Georgia Pacific (IAM)

Ft. Bragg, CA

07/22/2002

Wood logs.

42,177

Fred B. Moe Logging (Co.)

Centralia, WA

09/06/2002

Raw logs.

[FR Doc. 02-26735 Filed 10-21-02; 8:45 am]

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