[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2436-2437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-942]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-36,745]
Muskin Leisure Products, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Notice
of Revised Determination on Reconsideration
By letter of October 18, 1999, the International Union of
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers, AFL-
CIO, requested administrative reconsideration of the Department's
denial of eligibility for workers and former workers of the subject
firm to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).
On September 2, 1999, the workers of the subject firm producing
above ground swimming pools, liners, filters and accessories and parts
were denied TAA because the ``contributed importantly'' test of the
Group Eligibility Requirements of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended,
was not met. The notice was published in the Federal Register on
October 14, 1999 (64 FR 77750).
The company presented new evidence regarding increasing imports of
pool components from foreign sources during the relevant time period.
The company will increase its reliance on imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those that were produced at the Wilkes-Barre
plant.
Conclusion
After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on
reconsideration, it is concluded that the workers of Muskin Leisure
Products, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, were adversely affected by
increase imports of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced at the subject firm.
``All workers of Muskin Leisure Products, Inc., Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 13, 1998 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.''
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Signed at Washington, DC this 7th day of January 2000.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-942 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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