[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 214 (Wednesday, November 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59884-59885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29217]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-33,430]


Bijur Lubricating Corporation, a Subsidiary of Vesper 
Corporation, Bennington, Vermont; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reopening

    On June 24, 1997, the Department issued a Negative Determination 
Regarding Eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, 
applicable to workers and former workers of Bijur Lubricating 
Corporation, a subsidiary of Vesper Corporation, located in Bennington, 
Vermont. The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 18, 
1997 (62 FR 38584).
    By letter of August 1, 1997, the United Electrical, Radio and 
Machine Workers of America (UE) Local 295, requested administrative 
reconsideration regarding the Department's denial of trade adjustment 
assistance for workers of the subject firm.
    Workers at the subject firm were engaged in employment related to 
the production of automotive drive shafts, and lubrication equipment 
and accessories. The workers are separately identifiable by produce 
line.
    New information provided by Bijur Lubricating Corporation shows 
that company sales of lubrication equipment and accessories decreased 
from May through June 1997 compared to May through June 1996. During 
this same time period, company imports of lubrication equipment and 
accessories increased relative to sales.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on reopening, 
I conclude that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with lubrication equipment and accessories contributed 
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the total or 
partial separation of workers of Bijur Lubricating Corporation, 
Bennington, Vermont. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I 
make the following certification:

    All workers of Bijur Lubricating Corporation, a subsidiary of 
Vesper Corporation, Bennington, Vermont, engaged

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in employment related to the production of lubrication equipment and 
accessories, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after March 27, 1996 are eligible to apply for 
worker adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 
1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 21st day of October 1997.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-29217 Filed 11-4-97; 8:45 am]
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