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 March 6, 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 March 6, 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 27th day of January 2003.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[Petitions Instituted Between 01/22/2003 and 01/24/2003]

TA-W

Subject firm

(petitioners)

Location

Date of

institution

Date of

petition

50,604

Cessna Aircraft Company (Wkrs)

Wichita, KS

01/22/2003

01/14/2003

50,605

Jackson Sewing Center (Wkrs)

Madisonville, TN

01/22/2003

01/10/2003

50,606

Emerson Tool Company (Comp)

Paris, TN

01/22/2003

01/10/2003

50,607

Nortel Networks (Wkrs)

RTP, NC

01/22/2003

12/16/2002

50,508

A.O. Smith Electrical Products Co. (Comp)

McMinnville, TN

01/22/2003

01/09/2003

50,609

Cendant Corporation (Wkrs)

Elizabethton, TN

01/22/2003

01/13/2003

50,610

Warnaco, Inc. (Wkrs)

Thomasville, GA

01/22/2003

01/13/2003

50,611

Acme Electronics, LLC (Comp)

Cuba, NY

01/22/2003

11/26/2002

50,612

O. Mustad and Son, Inc. (Wkrs)

Auburn, NY

01/22/2003

01/06/2003

50,613

Foamex, L.P. (Comp)

Milan, TN

01/22/2003

01/01/2003

50,614

Auto Sound/Entronix (MN)

Eveleth, MN

01/22/2003

01/16/2003

50,615

BP Solar, LLC (Comp)

Toano, VA

01/22/2003

01/18/2003

50,616

Connector Service Corporation (Wkrs)

Mentor, OH

01/22/2003

01/10/2003

50,617

BP Solar, LLC (Comp)

Fairfield, CA

01/22/2003

01/18/2003

50,618

F/V Lila-L (Comp)

Nanek, AK

01/22/2003

01/16/2003

50,619

Neenah Paper Co. (PACE)

Neenah, WI

01/22/2003

01/17/2003

50,620

Youngstown Forge (Wkrs)

Youngstown, OH

01/22/2003

01/21/2003

50,621

F/V Frances A. (Comp)

Naknek, AK

01/22/2003

01/18/2003

50,622

Dallas Semiconductor/Maxim (Wkrs)

Dallas, TX

01/22/2003

01/09/2003

50,623

Arimon Technologies, Inc. (Comp)

Montello, WI

01/22/2003

01/17/2003

50,624

Agilent Technologies (Wkrs)

Loveland, CO

01/22/2003

01/16/2003

50,625

F/V Thunderbird/Seahunter Fisheries (Comp)

Anchorage, AK

01/22/2003

01/21/2003

50,626

Crowe Logging, Inc. (Wkrs)

Encampment, WY

01/22/2003

01/15/2003

50,627

F/V Blue Angel (Comp)

Naknek, AK

01/22/2003

01/20/2003

50,628

Xerox Corporation (Wkrs)

Irving, TX

01/22/2003

01/18/2003

50,629

Truth Hardware (GMP)

W. Hazleton, PA

01/22/2003

01/20/2003

50,630

F/V Alica Dawn (Comp)

Tagiak, AK

01/22/2003

01/17/2003

50,631

Garden State Tanning (Comp)

Williamsport, MD

01/22/2003

01/21/2003

50,632

Trans Air Manufacturing (Comp)

Mt. Pleasant, IA

01/22/2003

01/14/2003

50,633

R.G. Barry Corporation (Comp)

Goldsboro, NC

01/22/2003

12/20/2002

50,634

International Paper (Comp)

Hopkinsville, KY

01/22/2003

01/20/2003

50,635

Science Application International (AK)

Anchorage, AK

01/22/2003

01/21/2003

50,636

F/V Indiana (Comp)

Ketchikan, AK

01/22/2003

01/21/2003

50,637

Sitka Sound Seafoods (AK)

Yakutat, AK

01/22/2003

01/21/2003

50,638

Golden View Fisheries, Inc. (Comp)

Anchorage, AK

01/22/2003

01/16/2003

50,639

Maya Kanulie (Comp)

Togiak, AK

01/22/2003

01/17/2003

50,640

Pechiney Rolled Products, LLC (Comp)

Ravenswood, WV

01/23/2003

12/23/2002

50,641

Shipley (MA)

Marlboro, MA

01/23/2003

01/22/2003

50,642

Motorola, Inc. (Comp)

Ft. Worth, TX

01/23/2003

11/27/2002

50,643

Aran Mold and Die Co., Inc. (Comp)

Elmwood Park, NJ

01/23/2003

01/14/2003

50,644

Levolor Kirsch Window Fashions (Comp)

High Point, NC

01/23/2003

01/20/2003

50,645

Sisiutl Fisheries (Comp)

Kodiak, AK

01/23/2003

01/15/2003

50,646

Levolor Kirsch Window Fashions (Comp)

Athens, GA

01/23/2003

01/20/2003

50,647

General Electric (IUE)

Euclid, OH

01/23/2003

01/22/2003

50,648

Isaac Hazan Group (Wkrs)

Secaucus, NJ

01/23/2003

01/10/2003

50,649

Ultra Tool Company (Comp)

Baxter, MN

01/23/2003

01/18/2003

50,650

Davol, Inc. (Comp)

Lawrence, KS

01/23/2003

01/22/2003

50,651

Vishay BLH, Inc. (Wkrs)

Canton, MA

01/23/2003

01/22/2003

50,652

Carbide (The)/Graphite Group, Inc. (Comp)

Pittsburgh, PA

01/23/2003

01/08/2003

50,653

Tsuda Surface Technologies, Inc (Comp)

Henderson, NV

01/23/2003

01/14/2003

50,654

International Paper (ICWU)

Dover, OH

01/23/2003

01/21/2003

50,655

Evenflo Company, Inc. (Comp)

Ballground, GA

01/23/2003

01/22/2003

50,656

Evenflo Company, Inc. (Comp)

Suring, WI

01/23/2003

01/22/2003

50,657

Hewlett Packard (Wkrs)

Swedesboro, NJ

01/23/2003

01/09/2003

50,658

Woodstock Lamp and Shade Company (UFCW)

Woodstock, IL

01/23/2003

01/09/2003

50,659

Ametek (Comp)

Sellersville, PA

01/23/2003

01/13/2003

50,660

Abitibi Consolidated (Wkrs)

Steilacoom, WA

01/23/2003

01/22/2003

50,661

Swank, Inc. (Comp)

Norwalk, CT

01/23/2003

01/17/2003

50,662

OBG Distribution Company, LLC (Wkrs)

Celina, TN

01/23/2003

01/10/2003

50,663

Synalloy Corporation (Comp)

Spartanburg, SC

01/23/2003

01/15/2003

50,664

Tyco Healthcare Retail Group, Inc. (Comp)

Harmony, PA

01/23/2003

01/21/2003

50,665

Deepwell Tribular Services, Inc. (Comp)

Midland, TX

01/23/2003

01/23/2003

50,666

John Crowley, Inc. (Comp)

Jackson, MI

01/23/2003

01/22/2003

50,667

JDS Uniphase Corp. (Wkrs)

Manteca, CA

01/23/2003

01/09/2003

50,668

JDS Uniphase (Wkrs)

San Jose, CA

01/23/2003

12/09/2002

50,669

Shinei International (Wkrs)

Hillsboro, OR

01/24/2003

01/23/2003

50,670

Abitibi Consolidated Corporation (PACE)

Houston, TX

01/24/2003

01/23/2003

50,671

Motorola Computer Group (Wkrs)

Tempe, AZ

01/24/2003

01/20/2003

50,672

North American Marine Jet (AR)

Benton, AR

01/24/2003

01/23/2003

50,673

Monterey, Inc. (Wkrs)

Cowan, TN

01/24/2003

01/16/2003

50,674

Ametek (Comp)

Bartow, FL

01/24/2003

01/21/2003

50,675

Springfield Wire, Inc. (Comp)

Springfield, MA

01/24/2003

01/20/2003

50,676

Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. (FL)

Boca Raton, FL

01/24/2003

01/21/2003

50,677

JD Phillips Corporation (MI)

Alpena, MI

01/24/2003

12/05/2002

50,678

Keller Manufacturing (Wkrs)

Culpeper, VA

01/24/2003

01/22/2003

50,679

TRS Ceramics, Inc. (Wkrs)

State College, PA

01/24/2003

01/17/2003

50,680

Avery Dennison (Comp)

Milford, MA

01/24/2003

01/16/2003

50,681

West Mill Clothes, Inc. (Comp)

Woodside, NY

01/24/2003

01/23/2003

50,682

Sanborn (CO)

Colorado Spring, CO

01/24/2003

01/23/2003

50,683

Decibel Products (TX)

Dallas, TX

01/24/2003

01/22/2003

[FR Doc. 03-4267 Filed 2-21-03; 8:45 am]

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