[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27780-27781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13347]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-33,054]


Kerr-McGee Corporation, Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
and Operating in Various Locations Throughout the States of: TA-W-
33,054A, Oklahoma, TA-W-33,054B, Texas, TA-W-33,054D, Wyoming, TA-W-
33,054E, North Dakota; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    On February 28, 1997, the Department issued a Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to all workers of Kerr-McGee Corporation, 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and various locations throughout the States of 
Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming and North Dakota. The notice was 
published in the Federal Register on March 21, 1997 (62 FR 13709).
    By letter dated March 18, 1997, the company official requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's findings for workers 
of Kerr-McGee Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the various 
locations operating throughout the States of Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming 
and North Dakota. The company official requested that the Louisiana 
location (TA-W-33,054C), which is part of the Gulf of Mexico Region 
Offshore operations be excluded because the workers are separately 
identifiable from those in the US Onshore Region.
    The initial denial of TAA for the workers of Kerr-McGee 
Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the various locations 
throughout the States of Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Wyoming and North 
Dakota for Trade Adjustment Assistance was based on the fact that 
criterion (2) of the Group Eligibility requirements of Section 222 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 was not met; production and revenues from crude 
oil and natural gas increased. New information provided on 
reconsideration shows that revenues at the subject facilities decreased 
in the relevant period. The workers were engaged in the exploration and 
production of natural gas and crude oil and are not separately 
identifiable by product. Other findings show that U.S. aggregate 
imports for crude oil increased absolutely in 1995 compared with the 
same period in 1994 and in 1996 compared with the same period in 1995. 
The imports/shipments ratio for crude oil was over 105% in both 1995 
and 1996.

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Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is concluded that the workers of Kerr-McGee 
Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and the various locations 
throughout the States of Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming and North Dakota were 
adversely affected by increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with crude oil and natural gas contributed importantly to 
the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial 
separations of workers of Kerr-McGee Corporation, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma and the various locations throughout the States of Oklahoma, 
Texas, Wyoming and North Dakota. In accordance with the provisions of 
the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Kerr-McGee Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 
(TA-W-33,054) and operating in various locations throughout the 
States of Oklahoma (TA-W-33,054A); Texas (TA-W-33,054B); Wyoming 
(TA-W-33,054D) and North Dakota (TA-W-33,054E) who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after December 19, 1995 
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of 
the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 5th day of May 1997.
Russell T. Kile,
Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-13347 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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