00-940. Baker Atlas, Houston, Texas; Notice of Revised Determination on Remand

[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2434-2435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-940]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-35,434]


Baker Atlas, Houston, Texas; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Remand

    The United States Court of International Trade accepted the 
Department's motion for voluntary remand to conduct further 
investigation in its negative determination in Former Employees of 
Baker Hughes v. Alexis Herman, U.S. Secretary of Labor, No. 99-07-
00438. As a result of the new investigation, the Department is now 
certifying the workers of Baker Atlas, Houston, Texas as eligible to 
apply for worker adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade 
Act.
    The February 24, 1999, denial of TAA for workers of the subject 
firm was based on the finding that criterion (3) of the group 
eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Trade Act was not met. 
Workers at the subject firm headquarters and oil equipment production 
facility in Houston were denied because imports of oilfield equipment 
did not contribute to worker separations.
    New investigation findings show that the headquarters staff 
including those workers producing oilfield equipment are directly in 
support of the subject firm's exploration and production of crude oil 
and natural gas.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on remand, it 
is concluded that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with crude oil contributed importantly to the decline in 
sales or production and to the

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total or partial separation of workers at subject firm. In accordance 
with the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following 
revised determination:

    All workers of Baker Atlas, Houston, Texas, who become totally 
or partially separated from employment on or after November 30, 1997 
through two years from the date of this issuance, are eligible to 
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act 
of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of January 2000.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-940 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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