99-20666. Carhartt, Inc., McKenzie, Tennessee; Notice of Negative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43726-43727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20666]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-35,904]


Carhartt, Inc., McKenzie, Tennessee; Notice of Negative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated May 6, 1999, the company requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (TAA), applicable to workers and former workers of the 
subject firm. The denial notice was signed on April 12, 1999, and 
published in the Federal Register on May 11, 1999 (64 FR 25371).
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) If it appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.
    The investigation findings for the April 12 denial of TAA for 
workers of Carhartt, Inc. producing insulated bib overalls in McKenzie, 
Tennessee showed that criterion (3) of the group eligibility 
requirements of Section 222 of the Trade Act was not met. There were no 
company or customer imports of bib overalls.
    The petitioner asserts that when the subject firm plant closes some 
of the production will be transferred to the Carhartt plant in Camden, 
Tennessee. In turn, some of the Camden production is being shifted to 
Mexico. The petition investigation, however, revealed that the company 
does not import products like or directly competitive with that which 
was produced in McKinzie, Tennessee. Furthermore, the workers at 
Carhartt, Inc. in Camden, Tennessee have not petitioned for TAA 
eligibility.

Conclusion

    After review of the application and investigative findings, I 
conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of the law 
or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of the Department 
of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the application is denied.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 15th day of July 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-20666 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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