99-401. Topps Safety Apparel Greensburg, KY; Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 1999)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-34,683]


Topps Safety Apparel Greensburg, KY; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reopening

    On November 9, 1998, the petitioners requested Administrative 
Reconsideration for workers and former workers of the subject firm 
engaged in the production of safety apparel.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on September 29, 1998, because imports did not contribute 
importantly to the worker separations. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on October 9, 1998 (63 FR 54495).
    New information submitted to the Department by the petitioners and 
additional information supplied by the primary customer of the subject 
firm revealed that, although the subject firm's inability to provide 
the service-after-purchase option offered by its competitor, that 
competitor will be providing an important percentage of the goods it 
sells to the customer from foreign sources.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on reopening, 
it is concluded that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with apparel produced by the subject firm contributed 
importantly to the decline in sales and to the total or partial 
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following revised 
determination:

    All workers of Topps Safety Apparel, Greensburg, Kentucky who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
June 12, 1997 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 at Washington, DC., this 28th day of December 1998.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-401 Filed 1-7-99; 8:45 am]
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