00-18609. 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 August 3, 2000.

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 August 3, 2000.

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, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of July, 2000.

Grant D. Beale,

Program Manager, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Appendix

[Petitions instituted on 7/3/2000]

TA-W	Subject firm (petitioners)	Location	Date of petition	Product(s)
37,832	Nestaway Corp. (UAW)	Cleveland, OH	06/22/2000	Wire Products.
37,833	PED Oil Corp (Co.)	Midland, TX	06/20/2000	Oil and Gas Leasing.
37,834	Dynegy Midstream Services (Co.)	Eunice, NM	06/10/2000	Process Natural Gas.
37,835	Whitehall Leather (Co.)	Whitehall, MI	06/20/2000	Semi-Finished Leather.
37,836	Shenandoah Rag Co., Inc (Wkrs)	Shenandoah, PA	06/14/2000	Grade Second Hand Clothing.
37,837	American General Assurance (Wkrs)	Reading, PA	06/08/2000	Customer Service—Medical Claims.
37,838	Colorado Biomedical (Wkrs)	Evergreen, CO	06/14/2000	Tungsten Electrodes for Medical Industry.
37,839	Congoleum Corp. (USWA)	Trainer, PA	06/15/2000	Vinyl Flooring.
37,840	La Crosse Footwear (Co.)	Clintonville, WI	06/20/2000	Leather Footwear.
37,841	Braunstein, Inc. (Co.)	New York City, NY	06/17/2000	Gold Jewelry.
37,842	Siemens (IUE)	Norwood, OH	06/14/2000	Electrical Industrial Motors.
37,843	Shoal Creek Mine-Drummond (UMWA)	Adger, AL	06/20/2000	Coal Mining.
37,844	J and L Steel (USWA)	Detroit, MI	03/13/2000	Stainless Products.
37,845	Sims Deltec (Co.)	St. Paul, MN	05/01/2000	Gripper Needles, Medication Cassettes.
37,846	Collins Products (Co)	Klamath Falls, OR	06/23/2000	Plywood.
37,847	Reckitt Benckiser (PACE)	Rockwood, MI	06/21/2000	Household Products.
37,848	Genicom Corp. (Wkrs)	Temple, TX	06/16/2000	Impact Printer.
37,849	Seagate Technology, Inc (Wkrs)	Oklahoma, OK	06/26/2000	Computer Hard Drives.
37,850	Motorola—Energy Systems (Wkrs)	Harvard, IL	06/10/2000	Batteries for Cellular Phones.
37,851	J. Angela Dress (UNITE)	Brooklyn, NY	06/19/2000	Day and Evening Dresses.
37,852	Southwest Cupid Corp. (Wkrs)	Hominy, OK	06/15/2000	Ladies' Undergarments.