[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 3353-3354] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-1481] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Employment and Training Administration Investigations Regarding Certifications of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance Petitions have been filed with the Secretary of Labor under Section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (``the Act'') and are identified in the Appendix to this notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, the Acting Director of the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, [[Page 3354]] Employment and Training Administration, has instituted investigations pursuant to Section 221(a) of the Act. The purpose of each of the investigations is to determine whether the workers are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Title II, Chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations will further relate, as appropriate, to the determination of the date of which total or partial separations began or threatened to begin and the subdivision of the firm involved. The petitioners or any other persons showing a substantial interest in the subject matter of the investigations may request a public hearing, provided such request is filed in writing with the Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address show below, not later than February 2, 1998. Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than February 2, 1998. The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Signed at Washington, DC this 29th day of December, 1997. Grant D. Beale, Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance. Appendix [Petitions Instituted on 12/29/97] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject firm Date of TA-W (petitioners) Location petition Product(s) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34,119.......... American Trouser, Inc Houston, MS.................... 12/15/97 Men's Dress and Casual (Comp). Slacks. 34,120.......... Alcoa Fujikura EMP Owosso, MI..................... 12/11/97 Windshield Wiper (Wrks). Components. 34,121.......... C.R. Bard, Inc (Comp)... Billerica, MA.................. 12/12/97 Diagnostic Catheters. 34,122.......... Diversified Plastics, Elk Grove Vill., IL............ 12/10/97 Picture Frames. Inc (Wrks). 34,123.......... General Electric Co Rome, GA....................... 12/15/97 Transformers--Medium & (IUE). Sub-Station. 34,124.......... Wilson Sporting Goods Co Chicago, IL.................... 12/07/97 Sport Shoes. (Wrks). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [FR Doc. 98-1481 Filed 1-21-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-30-M