98-4061. Snap-Tite, Incorporated, Quick Disconnect Division, Union City, PA; Notice of Termination of Certification

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4061]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-33,132]


Snap-Tite, Incorporated, Quick Disconnect Division, Union City, 
PA; Notice of Termination of Certification

    This notice terminates the Certification Regarding Eligibility to 
Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance issued by the Department on 
March 25, 1997, for all workers of Snap-Tite, Incorporated, Quick 
Disconnect Division, Union City, Pennsylvania. Workers at the subject 
firm produce quick disconnect couplings. The notice was published in 
the Federal Register on May 2, 1997 (62 FR 24135).
    In response to a request for reconsideration, filed by company 
representatives, on January 11, 1998, the Department issued a Notice of 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration. 
The notice will soon be published in the Federal Register.
    The Department requested company data for sales, employment and 
imports through June 1997, which were not available at the time of the 
initial investigation. In accordance with data submitted by company 
officials in the initial determination, updated information shows that 
during the time period relevant to the investigation, sales and 
employment at the subject firm declined. Findings on reconsideration 
show that employment declines in 1996 were the result of a work 
stoppage. Other findings show that Snap-Tite increased import purchases 
of quick disconnect couplings from January-June 1995 through the 
January-June time periods of 1996 and 1997. The increase in import 
purchases, however, represented a negligible amount (less than one 
percent) of company sales in each year.
    New findings on reconsideration of the certification shows that 
criterion (3) of Section 222 of the worker group eligibility 
requirements is not met. Increased company imports of quick disconnect 
couplings did not contribute importantly to worker separations.
    Since new findings on reconsideration show that the criteria of the 
Trade Act are not met, the certification has been terminated.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of February 1998.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 98-4061 Filed 2-17-98; 8:45 am]
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