[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 13994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6382]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA--03476]


Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.; a/k/a Stone Container Corp.; El 
Paso, TX; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for 
NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 250(A), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title 
II, of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), the Department of Labor 
issued a Certification for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance on 
January 18, 2000, applicable to workers of Smurfit-Stone Container 
Corp., El Paso, Texas. The notice will be published soon in the Federal 
Register.
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of non-corrugated folding boxes, a.k.a. paperboard. 
New information provided by the State shows that some of the claimants' 
wages are being reported under the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax 
account for Stone Container Corp., El Paso, Texas.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., who were adversely affected 
by increased imports.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to cover 
the workers of Smurfit-Stone Corp., also known as Stone Container 
Corp., El Paso, Texas.
    The amended notice applicable to NAFTA--03476 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    ``All workers of Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., also known as 
Stone Container Corp., El Paso, Texas who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after September 27, 1998 
through January 18, 2002 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under 
Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.''


    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 7th day of February, 2000.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-6382 Filed 3-14-00; 8:45 am]
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