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), Commerce.

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 February 20, 2004-March 19, 2004

Firm name

Address

Date petition accepted

Product

Payson Casters, Inc.

2323 Delaney Road, Gurnee, IL 60031

2/20/2004

Casters and caster parts

Hallmark Sweet, Inc.

49 Pearl Street, Attleboro

3/1/2004

Precious metal beads, chain and jewelry, jewelry findings

It Straps On Inc., dba Core Products

17578 Hard Hat Drive, Covington, LA 70435

3/2/2004

Stainless steel straps

Biddle Precision Components, Inc.

701 South Main Street, Sheridan, IN 46060

3/2/2004

Precision machined parts—hydraulic directional control valve spools, threaded plumbing tube systems, hydraulic pistons, hydraulic transmission parts

Peter Curtis d.b.a. Curtis Furniture Company

25465 NY State Route 342, Evans Mills, NY 13637

3/2/2004

Wood furniture

Kenwalt Die Casting Corporation

8719 Bradley Avenue, Sun Valley, CA 91352

3/2/2004

Aluminum and zinc castings

Aero-Med Molding Technologies, Inc.

50 Westfield Avenue, Ansonia, CA 06401

3/5/2004

Parts of aircraft seats, trays, bowls, tumblers, cups and parts of educational learning devices

Kentucky Ceramics, LLC

731 Brent Street, Louisville, KY 40204

3/9/2004

Tableware and kitchenware

Burgess Manufacturing of OK, Inc.

1250 Roundhouse Road, Guthrie, OK 73044

3/10/2004

Wooden pellets

Creative Foam Corporation

300 North Alloy Drive, Fenton, MI 48430

3/11/2004

Plastic foam products,

i.e.

door and dashboard seals, pool floats, and medical foam devices

Vanson Leathers, Inc.

951 Broadway, Fall River, MA 02724

3/12/2004

Leather jackets and coats

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: March 16, 2004.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and Technical Assistance.

[FR Doc. 04-6415 Filed 3-22-04; 8:45 am]

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