99-30454. Samedan Oil Corporation, Denver, CO., et al.; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 65730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30454]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-36,678, et al.]


Samedan Oil Corporation, Denver, CO., et al.; Notice of Negative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated September 16, 1999, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility for workers of the subject firm to 
apply for trade adjustment assistance. The denial notice, applicable to 
workers of Samedan Oil Corporation in Denver, Colorado and Oklahoma 
City, Oklahoma was signed on August 25, 1999 and published in the 
Federal Register on October 14, 1999 (64 FR 55750).
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) If if appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.
    The petitioner states that two workers, a drilling foreman and a 
field clerk, were separated from employment at the Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma facility of the subject firm. The petitioner asserts that 
since these workers should be considered engaged in employment related 
to the production of crude oil, all workers of the subject firm should 
be eligible to apply for TAA.
    The TAA petition investigation for workers of the subject firm 
showed that the workers separated from employment performed office 
related services and did not produce an article within the meaning of 
criterion (3) of the Group Eligibility Requirements of Section 222 of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
    Review of the investigation file shows that two workers of the 
subject firm separated from employment does not constitute a 
significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm as 
required in criterion (1) of the Group Eligibility Requirements of 
Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

Conclusion

    After review of the application and investigative findings, I 
conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law 
or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department 
of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of November 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-30454 Filed 11-22-99; 8:45 am]
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