[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 176 (Friday, September 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48762-48763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24481]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-34,067]


Duracell North Atlantic Group, A/K/A GP Lithium Batteries, 
Waterbury, CT; 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 
February 2, 1998, applicable to workers of Duracell North Atlantic 
Group located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The notice was published in 
the Federal Register on March 16, 1998 (63 FR 12831).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers produce 
rechargeable batteries packs. The findings show that on February 6, 
1998, the subject firm was

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purchased by Gold Peak, also known as GP Batteries (USA). GP Lithium 
Batteries in Waterbury has announced that the plant is closing 
September 30, 1998. Some of the workers separated from employment at 
the Waterbury plant will have had their wages reported under the 
unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for GP Lithium Batteries.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of the Waterbury, Connecticut plant adversely affected by 
increased imports. Accordingly, the Department is amending the 
certification to reflect that Duracell North Atlantic Group is under 
the new ownership of GP Lithium Batteries.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-34,067 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Duracell North Atlantic Group, also known as GP 
Lithium Batteries, Waterbury, Connecticut engaged in employment 
related to the production of rechargeable battery packs who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after November 
21, 1996 through February 2, 2000, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 31st day of August 1998.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 98-24481 Filed 9-10-98; 8:45 am]
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