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 (EDA).

ACTION:

To give all interested parties 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 June 21, 2003-July 22, 2003

Firm name

Address

Date petition accepted

Product

K & S Optics, Inc

1080 Chenango Street, Binghamton, NY 13901

27-Jun-03

Cylindrical lenses used in optical instruments for inspecting semiconductors, telecommunication devices and astronomical instruments.

Atco Products, Inc

1002 Performance Road, Forest, VA 24551

01-Jul-03

Seal and O-rings for the automotive and food and beverage and industrial equipment industries.

United Speaker Systems, Inc

6400 Youngerman Circle, Jacksonville, FL 32244

01-Jul-03

Loudspeakers.

Mega Sun, Inc

3301 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63103

01-Jul-03

Commercial and residential tanning beds and chemical tanning equipment.

L & R Precision Tooling, Inc

460 West & Sunburst Road, Lynchburg, VA 24502

09-Jul-03

Machinery parts that produce parts for cellular telephones, valves and medical equipment.

Innovative Plastech, Inc

1260 Kingsland Drive, Batavia, IL 60510

09-Jul-03

Packaging trays of vacuum formed thermoplastic.

PA-TED Spring Company, Inc

137 Vincent P. Kelly Road, Bristol, CT 06010

11-Jul-03

Springs, multiforms, and small mechanical hand and power tools for the electronics and automotive industries.

Tryco Tool & Manufacturing Co., Inc

363 South Jefferson Street, Orange, NJ 07050

16-Jul-03

Metal stamped parts for circuit breakers, electrical panels, valves and housings, and consumer and industrial lighting.

Fast Heat, Inc

776 Oaklawn Avenue, Elmhurst, Il 60126

16-Jul-03

Hot runner systems.

Genesee Wester, Inc. dba MetalCraft Industries, Inc

1250 W 124th Avenue, Westminster, CO 80234

21-Jul-03

Stamped and sheet metal products for the automotive industry.

Sunset Mold, LLC

727 Commerce Drive, Venice, FL 34292

22-Jul-03

Injection molds for rubber or plastic.

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: July 23, 2003.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 03-19308 Filed 7-29-03; 8:45 am]

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