[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8761]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[NAFTA-01293]


Ekco Group, Inc., Kellogg Brush Manufacturing Company, 
Easthampton, Massachusetts; Notice of Termination of Certification

    This notice terminates the Certification Regarding Eligibility to 
Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance issued by the Department on 
December 2, 1996, for all workers of Ekco Group, Inc., Kellogg Brush 
Manufacturing Company, Easthampton, Massachusetts. The notice of 
certification was published in the Federal Register on December 24, 
1996 (61 FR 67859).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of Ekco Group, Inc., Kellogg Brush 
Manufacturing Company. Workers of the subject firm produced brooms, 
brushes and mops. When the worker certification was issued it was 
determined that the requirements of (a)(1)(B) of Section 250 were met. 
The company was shifting production of brooms, brushes and mops from 
the workers' firm to Mexico.
    New information provided by the company reveals that the Ekco Group 
will not shift production to Mexico as originally planned, but will 
instead consolidate the Easthampton, Massachusetts production into 
Ekco's Hamilton, Ohio location.
    Further investigation was conducted to determine if imports from 
Mexico or Canada of articles like or directly competitive with the 
products produced at Kellogg Brush contributed to worker separations.
    Investigation findings reveal there are no company imports of 
brooms brushes or mops from Mexico or Canada.
    The Department surveyed the major declining customers of Ekco 
Group, Inc. regarding their purchases of brooms, brushes and mops 
during 1995 and 1996. The survey revealed that none of the respondents 
increased their purchases of imports while decreasing their purchases 
from the subject firm during the relevant period.
    Since there are no adversely affected workers of the subject firm, 
the continuation of the certification would serve no purpose and the 
certification has been terminated.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 24th day of March 1997.
Russell T. Kile,
Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-8761 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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