[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48889-48890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24658]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-31,327]


BJ Services Company, U.S.A., Including Former Employees of 
Western Company of North America, A/K/A Western Oceanic Services, Inc., 
A/K/A Nowsco Well Services Inc., Headquartered in Houston, Texas; 
Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 USC 
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Notice of Certification 
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on 
October 13, 1995, applicable to workers of BJ Services Company, U.S.A., 
headquartered in Houston, Texas. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on October 27, 1995 (60 FR 55064). The certification 
was amended on January 22, 1996 to include workers whose wages were 
reported under the predecessor tax accounts of Western Company of North 
America and Western Oceanic Services, Inc. The notice of amendment was 
published in the Federal Register on February 9, 1996 (61 JR 5034).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The

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workers are engaged in employment related to the production of crude 
oil and natural gas. Findings on review show that some of the workers 
have had their wages reported to the separate Unemployment Insurance 
tax account for Nowsco Well Services Inc. The intent of the 
Department's certification is to include all workers of BJ Services 
Company, U.S.A. who were affected by increased imports. Accordingly, 
the Department is amending the worker certification to reflect this 
matter.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-31,327 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of BJ Services Company, U.S.A., including former 
employees of Western Company of North America, also known as Western 
Oceanic Services, Inc., also known as Nowsco Well Services Inc., 
headquartered in Houston, Texas, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after August 3, 1994 through October 
13, 1997, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of August 1997.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-24658 Filed 9-16 -97; 8:45 am]
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