00-33070. Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

Petitions have been filed with the Secretary of Labor under section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (“the Act”) and are identified in the Appendix to this notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, the Director of the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, has instituted investigations pursuant to section 221(a) of the Act.

The purpose of each of the investigations is to determine whether the workers are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under title II, chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations will further relate, as appropriate, to the determination of the date on which total or partial separations began or threatened to begin and the subdivision of the firm involved.

The petitioners or any other persons showing a substantial interest in the subject matter of the investigations may request a public hearing, provided such request is filed in writing with the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than January 8, 2001.

Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than January 8, 2001.

The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Dated: Signed at Washington, DC this 11th day of December, 2000.

Edward A. Tomchick,

Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

Petitions Instituted on 12/11/2000

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of petition	Product(s)
38,395	Baxter Healthcare Corp. (Wrks)	Round Lake, IL	11/16/2000	Medical pumps.
38,396	Philips Display Component (IBEW)	Ottawa, OH	11/10/2000	Color TV picture tubes.
38,397	Owens-Brockway Glass (GMP)	Brockway, PA	11/14/2000	Glass containers.
38,398	G.F. Wright Steel (Wrks)	Worcester, MA	11/22/2000	Woven hardware cloth.
38,399	Reactive Metals and Alloy (Comp)	West Pittsburg, PA	11/27/2000	Metals and alloys.
38,400	Potlatch Corp. (Wrks)	Cloquet, MN	11/27/2000	Wood products, paper board, tissue.
38,401	Calibrated Charts Corp. (Wrks)	Batavia, NY	11/27/2000	Paper recording charts.
38,402	Comp Air (Wrks)	Sidney, OH	11/15/2000	Air compressors and parts.
38,403	ICI Explosives (Wrks)	Joplin, MO	11/17/2000	Ammonium nitrate.
38,404	Lending Textile Co. (Comp)	Montgomery, PA	11/17/2000	Decorative textile trim.
38,405	Cabot Performance (Wrks)	Boyertown, PA	12/01/2000	Tanalum wire.
38,406	Philadelphia Gear Corp. (IAMAW)	King of Prussia, PA	11/27/2000	Power transmissions, speed reducers.
38,407	Tower Automotive Prod. (DALU)	Milwaukee, WI	11/22/2000	Commercial truck rails.
38,408	Williams Energy (Wrks)	Broomfield, MN	11/28/2000	Processing plant—oil and gas.
38,409	Money's Foods US, Inc. (Comp)	Blandon, PA	12/01/2000	Grocery store.
38,410	Editorial America (Wrks)	Miami, FL	11/28/2000	Spanish magazines.
38,411	Enterprise Lumber (Comp)	Arlington, WA	11/30/2000	Lumber.
38,412	Columbia Falls Aluminum (Comp)	Columbia Falls, MT	11/21/2000	Aluminum ingot.
38,413	Binns Machinery Products (Comp)	Cincinnati, OH	11/16/2000	Roll lathes—steel mills.
38,414	Villazon and Co., Inc. (Comp)	Tampa, FL	12/04/2000	Cigars—machine made.
38,415	Remley and Co., Inc. (Comp)	Albion, NY	11/30/2000	Commercial lithography.
38,416	Willamette Electric (Comp)	Portland, OR	11/22/2000	Automotive starters, alternators.
38,417	Wing Industries, Inc. (Wrks)	Mt. Pleasant, TX	11/27/2000	Wooden door parts.
38,418	Harbor Industries (Comp)	Traverse City, MI	11/25/2000	Point of purchase displays.
38,419	John Campbell and Co. (Wrks)	Perkasie, PA	11/29/2000	Textile dyes.
38,420	Apex Systems, Inc. (Comp)	Colorado Springs, CO	11/28/2000	Optical test media equipment.
38,421	Wiscassett Mills Co. (Comp)	Kannapolis, NC	11/29/2000	Yarn.
38,422	LTV Steel Corp. (USWA)	Aliquippa, PA	11/22/2000	Flat rolled coated products.
38,423	US Steel Group (USWA)	Pittsburgh, PA	11/22/2000	Flat rolled coated products.