[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8744-8745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4127]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-36,623]


Interplast Universal Industries, Lodi, New Jersey; Notice of 
Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On December 6, 1999, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration applicable to 
workers of the subject firm. The petitioners presented information that 
warranted further examination of imports of articles competitive with 
the expanded vinyl produced by workers of Interplast Universal 
Industries. The notice was published in the Federal Register on 
December 23, 1999 (64 FR 72104).
    The Department initially denied TAA to workers producing expanded 
vinyl at Interplast Universal Industries located in Lodi, New Jersey, 
based on the finding that the ``contributed importantly'' test of the 
worker group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended, was not met. The investigation revealed that the 
company did not import, nor where significant customer imports of 
expanded vinyl in the relevant time period. Some customers reported 
increased imports of finished articles produced with expanded vinyl. 
Imports of finished articles, however, cannot be considered like or 
directly competitive with the expanded vinyl produced by the Interplast 
Universal Industries workers.
    The petitioners claim that the subject firm imported expanded vinyl 
from India. The petitioners further add that a foreign source is 
supplying expanded vinyl to former customers of Interplast Universal 
Industries.
    New information obtained on reconsideration revealed that the 
subject did purchase indirect imports of expanded vinyl from foreign 
sources during the time period relevant to the investigation.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the new facts obtained on reconsideration, 
it is concluded that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with expanded vinyl produced by the subject firm 
contributed importantly to the decline in sales and to the total or 
partial separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974. I make the following revised 
determination:

    All workers of Interplast Universal Industries, Lodi, New 
Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from employment on 
or after July 19, 1998, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of February, 2000.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-4127 Filed 2-18-00; 8:45 am]
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