[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 65733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30449]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[NAFTA-03298, et al.]
Walls Industries, Inc., Merkel Walls Industries, Merkel, TX, et
al.; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA
Transitional Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 250(a), Subchapter 2, Title II, of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273), the Department of Labor
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for NAFTA Transitional
Adjustment Assistance on July 23, 1999, applicable to workers of Walls
Industries, Inc., Merkel Walls Industries, Merkel, Texas. The notice
was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1999 (64 FR 43725).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of the subject firm. New information shows
that worker separations occurred at the subject firms' Big Smith
Division, Miami, Oklahoma location and the Cutting Department,
Sweetwater, Texas when they closed in October, 1999. Workers at the Big
Smith Division, Miami, Oklahoma location were engaged in the production
of insulated clothing. Workers employed in the Cutting Department at
Sweetwater Walls Industries, Sweetwater, Texas performed cutting
operations for the subject firm. Based on these new findings, the
Department is amending the certification to cover workers at the Big
Smith Division, Miami, Oklahoma and the Cutting Department, Sweetwater,
Texas locations.
The intent of the Department's certification is to include all
workers of Walls Industries, Inc. who were adversely affected by a
shift of production to Mexico.
The amended notice applicable to NAFTA--03298 is hereby issued as
follows:
All workers of Walls Industries, Inc., Merkel Walls Industries,
Inc., Merkel, Texas (NAFTA--03298), Big Smith Division, Miami,
Oklahoma (NAFTA-03298B) and Sweetwater Walls Industries, Inc.,
Cutting Department, Sweetwater, Texas (NAFTA-03298C) who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after July 6,
1998 through July 23, 2001 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under
Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, DC this 10th day of November, 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-30449 Filed 11-22-99; 8:45 am]
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