[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 61942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29700]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-36,577]
Statoil Exploration (US) Inc. Houston, TX; Notice of Revised
Determination on Reopening
By letter of October 5, 1999, the petitioner presented evidence not
previously considered in the Department's determination. Accordingly,
the Department reopened the petition investigation applicable to
workers of the subject firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination
issued on September 7, 1999, based on the finding that workers of
Statoil Exploration (US), Inc., Houston, Texas, were not engaged in
exploration or production of crude oil and natural gas for U.S.
customers. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on
October 14, 1999 (64 FR 55750).
On reopening, an official of Statoil provided additional
information regarding revenues, employment and customers of the subject
firm. Revenues at the subject firm derived from the exploration for
crude oil and natural gas have declined since 1997. The level of
employment remained unchanged from 1997 to 1998, but declined in 1999.
Other new findings on reopening revealed that although the workers at
the subject firm worked offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, the customers
of the subject firm were domestic. Many of the subject firm's declining
customers engaged in the production of crude oil have been certified
eligible for FAA in the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on reopening,
I conclude that increased imports of crude oil contributed importantly
to the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of Statoil Exploration (US), Inc., Houston,
Texas. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
All workers of Statoil Exploration (US), Inc., Houston, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 7, 1998 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 4th day of November 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-29700 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]
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