03-31523. Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

AGENCY:

Economic Development Administration (EDA), Commerce.

ACTION:

To give all interested parties an opportunity to comment.

Petitions have been accepted for filing on the dates indicated from the firms listed below.

List of Petition Action by Trade Adjustment Assistance for Period November 22, 2003-December 17, 2003

Firm name	Address	Date petition accepted	Product
Gilmore Valve Co., Ltd	1231 Lumpkin Road, Houston, TX 77043	12/04/03	Hydraulic valves.
Stout Industries, Inc., dba Stout Marketing, Inc	6425 W. Florissant Ave., St. Louis, MO 63166	12/04/03	Point of sale metal signs, displays, building and canopy fascia.
William Dudek Manufacturing Company	4901 W. Armitage Avenue, Chicago, IL 60639	12/04/03	Mounting brackets of steel for consumer articles.
Delta Machine and Tool, Inc	1501 Lexington Avenue, DeLand, FL 32724	12/08/03	Diagnostic lancets for diabetic testing kits, custom plastic-injection molded; and injection molded bodies for surgical punches used in cardiac surgery.
Burgess Manufacturing of Oklahoma, Inc	1250 Roundhouse Road, Guthrie, OK 73044	12/17/03	Wooden pallets.

The petitions were submitted pursuant to section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341). Consequently, the United States Department of Commerce has initiated separate investigations to determine whether increased imports into the United States of articles like or directly competitive with those produced by each firm contributed importantly to total or partial separation of the firm's workers, or threat thereof, and to a decrease in sales or production of each petitioning firm. Any party having a substantial interest in the proceedings may request a public hearing on the matter. A request for a hearing must be received by Trade Adjustment Assistance, Room 7315, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, no later than the close of business of the tenth calendar day following the publication of this notice.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance official program number and title of the program under which these petitions are submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Dated: December 16, 2003.

Anthony J. Meyer,

Coordinator, Trade Adjustment and Technical Assistance.