[Federal Register: June 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 107)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-40,147 and TA-W-40,147A]

 
Guilford Mills, Inc., Cobleskill, New York and Guilford Mills, 
Inc., Sales Division, New York, New York; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter of January 16, 2002, the company requested administrative 
reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative Determination 
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 
applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on December 31, 2001, based on the finding that imports of lace 
and fabric did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the 
subject plant. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register 
on January 11, 2002 (67 FR 1510).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company requested 
that the Department of Labor survey an additional list of major lace 
customers.
    Upon examination of the customer list it became evident that a 
major customer affiliated with the subject firm was certified for TAA 
on December 31, 2001 (Guilford Mills, Inc., Herkimer, New York, TA-W-
38,749). A major portion of the subject plant's lace was shipped to 
that facility. That customer incorporated the lace into window and 
bedspread products. The Herkimer facility was certified for TAA on the 
basis of increased imports of curtain and bedspreads. The Sales 
Division workers, located in New York, New York were engaged in the 
sales of the lace produced by the subject plant. Since a meaningful 
portion of production and sales at the respective subject firm 
locations were in direct support of the affiliated certified facility, 
the subject facilities meet the TAA criteria.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, the company imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with an affiliated facility under an existing TAA 
certification in which Guilford Mills, Inc., Cobleskill, New York and 
Guilford Mills, Inc., Sales Division, New York, New York are in direct 
support of contributed importantly to the declines in sales or 
production and to the total or partial separation of workers at the 
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    ``All workers of Guilford Mills, Inc., Cobleskill, New York, 
(TA-W-40,147) and Guilford Mills, Inc., Sales Division, New York, 
New York (TA-W-40,147A) who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after September 21, 2000 through two years 
from the date of this certification, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed in Washington, DC this 9th day of May, 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-13935 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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