94-21111. Sunnyside Coal Co.; Sunnyside, UT; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
[TA-W-29,742]

 

Sunnyside Coal Co.; Sunnyside, UT; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On July 25, 1994, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regrading Application for Reconsideration for former 
workers of the subject firm. The affirmative notice regarding 
application was published in the Federal Register on August 15, 1994 
(59 FR 41795).
    The workers produced coal which was used to make coke for 
steelmaking operations. Worker separations occurred in 1993 and 1994. 
The mine closed in March 1994.
    On reconsideration the Department contacted Sunnyside's major 
customer of coal. The customer reported using Sunnyside's coal to make 
coke. This process involves baking the coal, not burning or consuming 
it as fuel. The baking process releases all the volatiles, leaving a 
residue called coke which is used in steelmaking operations. New 
findings on reconsideration show that Sunnyside's major customer 
increased its imports of coke in the period relative to the petition 
while ceasing its purchases of coal from Sunnyside.
    Departmental regulations at 29 CFR 90.2 state that an imported 
article is like or directly competitive with a domestic article at an 
earlier or later stage of production and a domestic article is like or 
directly competitive with an imported article at an earlier or later 
stage of production, if the importation of the article has an economic 
effect on the producers of the domestic article comparable to the 
effect of importing the article in the same stage of production as the 
domestic article. Accordingly, imported coke is directly competitive 
with domestically-produced coal in that coking is a later stage in the 
processing of coal.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is concluded that the former workers of the 
Sunnyside Coal Company in Sunnyside, Utah were adversely affected by 
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with coal 
produced at the Sunnyside Coal Company in Sunnyside, Utah.

    All workers of Sunnyside Coal Company, Sunnyside, Utah who 
became totally or partially from employment on or after March 24, 
1993 are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of August 1994.
Richard Gilliland,
Director, Office of Program Management, Unemployment Insurance Service.
[FR Doc. 94-21111 Filed 8-25-94; 8:45 am]
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