[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 131 (Friday, July 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17433]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-35,752]


Rhodia Rare Earths, Inc., Freeport, TX: Including Leased Workers 
of Kelly Services, Lake Jackson, TX, Gulf States, Freeport, TX, CDI 
Engineering, Freeport, TX; Amended Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on April 30, 1999, applicable to 
all workers of Rhodia Rare Earths, Inc. located in Freeport, Texas. The 
notice was published in the Federal Register on May 21, 1999 (64 FR 
27812).
    At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. New information shows 
that workers of Rhodia Rare Earths, Inc. were leased from Kelly 
Services, Lake Jackson, Texas, Gulf States and CDI Engineering, 
Freeport, Texas to produce rare earth chemical compounds (cerium 
carbonate, cerium oxide, cerium hydroxide and neodymium) at the 
Freeport, Texas facility. Worker separations occurred that these 
companies as a result of worker separations at Rhodia Rare Earths, 
Inc., Freeport, Texas.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending the 
certification to include leased workers from Kelly Services, Lake 
Jackson, Texas, Gulf States and CDI Engineering, Freeport, Texas.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Rhodia Rare Earths, Inc. adversely affected by imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-35,752 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Rhodia Rare Earths, Inc. Freeport, Texas and 
leased workers of Kelly Services, Lake Jackson, Texas, Gulf States 
and CDI Engineering, Freeport, Texas engaged in employment related 
to the production of rare earth chemical compounds (cerium 
carbonate, cerium oxide, cerium hydroxide and neodymium) at Rhodia 
Rare Earths, Inc., Freeport, Texas who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after February 1, 1998 through April 
30, 2001 are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of June, 1999.
Linda G. Poole,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-17433 Filed 7-8-99; 8:45 am]
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