[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 41467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19545]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-36,063]
Cobre Mining Company; Hanover, NM; Notice of Revised
Determination on Reconsideration
On July 7, 1999, the Department issued a Notice of Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration regarding the
petition for workers of the subject firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination
issued on June 11, 1999, based on the finding that an unforeseen
environmental mishap which rendered the continued mining and
concentrating of copper impractical and unprofitable. Also, a survey
conducted by the Department, revealed that major customers of the
subject firm have not increased their purchases of imported copper
concentrate, while reducing purchases from the subject firm. The denial
notice was published in the Federal Register on June 30, 1999 (64 FR
35183).
On reconsideration, further information provided by the company
revealed that the environmental mishap during March 1999, although a
contributing factor, was not the only factor contributing to layoffs at
the subject facility. The company during October 1998 revealed their
intentions to close the Cobre mine by mid 1999. The investigation
further revealed that the parent company increased their imports of
copper concentrate during the relevant period. A group of workers at an
affiliated mine of Phelps Dodge Corporation, located at Chino Mine,
Santa Rita, New Mexico were certified on May 11, 1999 for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-35,806, based on increasing corporate
imports of copper concentrate.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with copper concentrate contributed importantly to
the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of Cobre Mining Company, Hanover, New Mexico. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
All workers of Cobre Mining Company, Hanover, New Mexico who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 1, 1998 through two years from the date of this certification
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of July 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-19545 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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