# Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A06-5048 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** June 2, 2006 - **Citation:** 71 FR 32031 ## Text 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] BILLING CODE 3510-24-M --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A06-5048. Public record. Not legal advice.