Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration

Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

AGENCY:

Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice and opportunity for public comment.

Pursuant to Section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341

et seq

.), the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has received petitions for certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance from the firms listed below. EDA 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 the total or partial separation of the firm's workers, or threat thereof, and to a decrease in sales or production of each petitioning firm.

List of Petitions Received by EDA for Certification of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance for the Period April 20, 2006 Through May 23, 2006

Firm

Address

Date petition accepted

Product

Merritt Apples, Inc

8914 Bayview-Edison Road, Bow, WA 98232

4/20/2006

Apple grower.

Covarrubias Farms

201 W. Sharon Street, Dell City, TX 79837

5/9/2006

Anaheim peppers, onions and corn.

Forte Product Solutions

4100 Riverside Street, Kansas City, MO 64150

5/9/2006

Molded plastic products.

Arkansas Face Veneer Co., Inc

706 Center Street, Benton, AR 72015

5/9/2006

Softwood veneer faces and edge banding.

Trend Plastics, Inc

15665 S. Keeler Street, Olathe, KS 66062

5/9/2006

Handles, enclosures, lenses, connectors and medical parts.

Absolute Machine and Tooling

16001 Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Leander, TX 78641

5/9/2006

Machines parts for semiconductors and oil field equipment.

Partch Farms, Inc

741 Price Road, Outlook, WA 98938

5/23/2006

Asparagus, corn, hay, peas and wheat.

Cogswell Limited Partnership dba Hillcrest Orchard

3285 Hillcrest Road, Medford, OR 97504

5/23/2006

Pears, grapes and other fruits and vegetables.

The Shutter Mill, Inc. dba Kirtz Shutters

8517 S. Perkins Road, Stillwater, OK 74076

5/23/2006

Wood shutters.

Any party having a substantial interest in these proceedings may request a public hearing on the matter. A written request for a hearing must be submitted to the Office of Chief Counsel, Room 7005, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten (10) calendar days following publication of this notice. Please follow the procedures set forth in Section 315.9 of EDA's interim final rule (70 FR 47002) for procedures for requesting a public hearing. 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: May 26, 2006.

Barry Bird,

Chief Counsel.

[FR Doc. 06-5048 Filed 6-1-06; 8:45 am]

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