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 August 4, 2003.

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 August 4, 2003.

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 14th day of July 2003.

Timothy Sullivan,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

Petitions Instituted Between 06/30/2003 and 07/03/2003

TA-W

Subject firm (petitioners)

Location

Date of institution

Date of petition

52,172

Garan Manufacturing (Comp)

Marksville, LA

06/30/2003

06/27/2003

52,173

Carr Lowrey (MD)

Baltimore, MD

06/30/2003

06/27/2003

52,174

Elkem Metals (PACE)

Alloy, WV

06/30/2003

06/25/2003

52,175

Froedtert Malt Co., Inc. (UAW)

Milwaukee, WI

06/30/2003

06/27/2003

52,176

Belmont Dyers (Wkrs)

Belmont, NC

06/30/2003

06/04/2003

52,177

Redman Knitting, Inc. (Comp)

Ridgewood, NY

06/30/2003

05/20/2003

52,178

Adobe Air., Inc. (Wkrs)

Phoenix, AZ

06/30/2003

06/24/2003

52,179

Jim Michel Logging, Inc. (Comp)

Baker City, OR

06/30/2003

06/27/2003

52,180

Stencil Aire, LLC (Wkrs)

Green Lake, WI

06/30/2003

06/27/2003

52,181

Electrical Wholesalers, Inc. (Comp)

Sumter, SC

06/30/2003

06/26/2003

52,182

Saint-Gobain Abrasives (Comp)

Brownsville, TX

06/30/2003

05/19/2003

52,183

Fishing Vessel (F/) Kristi Lynn (Comp)

Petersburg, AK

06/30/2003

06/26/2003

52,184

F/V Partisan (Comp)

Sitka, AK

07/01/2003

06/16/2003

52,185

F/V Flounder Flats (Comp)

Dillingham, AK

07/01/2003

06/06/2003

52,186

BASF Corporation (Wkrs)

Fenton, MO

07/01/2003

05/18/2003

52,187

General Electric (Comp)

Jonesboro, AR

07/01/2003

06/27/2003

52,188

Hewlett Packard (TX)

Cypress, TX

07/01/2003

06/25/2003

52,189

Oplink Communications (Wkrs)

San Jose, CA

07/01/2003

06/18/2003

52,190

Stearns, Inc. (Wkrs)

Grey Eagle, MN

07/01/2003

06/24/2003

52,191

Image Metal Works (Comp)

Milton Freewate, OR

07/01/2003

06/30/2003

52,192

Polymark Corporation (ITW)

Cincinnati, OH

07/01/2003

06/27/2003

52,193

Planar Systems, Inc. (Wkrs)

Hillsboro, OR

07/01/2003

06/23/2003

52,194

Cascades Diamond, Inc. (PACE)

Thorndike, MA

07/01/2003

06/24/2003

52,195

APW (Comp)

Creedmoor, NC

07/01/2003

06/30/2003

52,196

Emerson Motor Company (Wkrs)

Humboldt, TN

07/01/2003

06/25/2003

52,197

Specialty Mode, Inc. (Wkrs)

Jacksonville, NC

07/01/2003

05/19/2003

52,198

Agere Systems (IBEW)

Allentown, PA

07/01/2003

06/02/2003

52,199

Cirrus Logic (Comp)

Austin, TX

07/01/2003

06/27/2003

52,200

Ladd Furniture, Lea Industries div. (Comp)

Morristown, TN

07/01/2003

06/27/2003

52,201

Meridian Beartrack Company (Comp)

Salmon, ID

07/01/2003

06/16/2003

52,202

Lexel (Wkrs)

Hutsonville, IL

07/01/2003

06/23/2003

52,203

Dresser, Inc. (Comp)

Berea, KY

07/01/2003

07/01/2003

52,204

Ericsson (Comp)

Lynchburg, VA

07/01/2003

06/27/2003

52,205

Kimball (Comp)

Boise, ID

07/01/2003

06/26/2003

52,206

Say Cheese (Wkrs)

Lewiston, ME

07/01/2003

06/26/2003

52,207

F/V Selah (Comp)

Haines, AK

07/02/2003

06/26/2003

52,208

Neuville Industries, Inc. (Comp)

Athens, TN

07/02/2003

07/01/2003

52,209

H. Warshow & Sons, Inc. (Comp)

Milton, PA

07/02/2003

07/01/2003

52,210

Woodgrain Millwork (Comp)

White City, OR

07/02/2003

07/01/2003

52,211

Heraeus Quartztech, Inc. (Comp)

Fairfield, NJ

07/02/2003

06/30/2003

52,212

OBG Distribution LLC (UFCW)

Gainesboro, TN

07/02/2003

06/30/2003

52,213

Hoover Company (The) (IBEW)

North Canton, OH

07/02/2003

06/25/2003

52,214

ITT Industries (Comp)

Searcy, AR

07/02/2003

06/22/2003

52,215

B-Line Systems (Wkrs)

Portland, OR

07/02/2003

06/26/2003

52,216

Scope Molding LLC (Wkrs)

Almena, WI

07/02/2003

07/01/2003

52,217

Modular Mining Systems, Inc. (Wkrs)

Tucson, AZ

07/02/2003

07/01/2003

52,218

Giddings and Lewis (Comp)

Fond du Lac, WI

07/02/2003

06/26/2003

52,219

Geo-Form, Inc. (Comp)

Girard, PA

07/02/2003

06/20/2003

52,220

Nickell Molding Company (AR)

Malvern, AR

07/02/2003

06/30/2003

52,221

Motorola (Wkrs)

Mesa, AZ

07/02/2003

06/30/2003

52,222

O'Neill and Sons, Inc. (IBT)

Tumwater, WA

07/03/2003

07/02/2003

52,223

O'Neill Transportation, L.L.C. (IBT)

Tumwater, WA

07/03/2003

07/02/2003

52,224

VF Imagewear (Comp)

Brownsville, TX

07/03/2003

07/02/2003

52,225

Sanmina-SCI (Comp)

Stanton, KY

07/03/2003

05/12/2003

52,226

Yorkshire Americas, Inc. (Comp)

Charlotte, NC

07/03/2003

07/02/2003

52,227

Vestshell Vermont, Inc. (Comp)

St. Albans, VT

07/03/2003

07/03/2003

52,228

Harbison-Walker Refractories Co. (Comp)

Ludington, MI

07/03/2003

07/03/2003

52,229

Motorola (Wkrs)

Fort Worth, TX

07/03/2003

06/13/2003

52,230

Faribault Woolen Mill (Wkrs)

Faribault, MN

07/03/2003

02/14/2003

52,231

Salisbury Sportswear (Wkrs)

Salisbury, PA

07/03/2003

07/02/2003

52,232

Schas Industries, LLC (Comp)

Wilkesboro, NC

07/03/2003

06/27/2003

52,233

F/V Western Queen (Comp)

Southeast, AK

07/03/2003

07/01/2003

[FR Doc. 03-18805 Filed 7-23-03; 8:45 am]

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