[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 170 (Thursday, August 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22329]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-37,740]


CompAir LeRoi, Independence, Virginia; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reopening

    By letter of July 10, 2000, one of the petitioners requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's denial of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for workers and former workers of the 
subject firm.
    The workers at CompAir LeRoi, Independence, Virginia, engaged in 
employment related to the production of air compressor pumps, were 
denied eligibility to apply for TAA based on the finding that criterion 
(3) of the worker group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the 
Trade Act, as amended, was not met. The notice of negative 
determination was signed on June 14, 2000, and was published in the 
Federal Register on June 29, 2000 (65 FR 40134)
    Review of the information provided by the subject firm shows that 
when the company implemented plans to shift production to another 
domestic location, the final product to be relocated from Independence, 
Virginia, was the reciprocating compressor line. Further review of the 
information contained in the investigation file shows that although the 
company intended to temporarily source assembled reciprocating 
compressors from a foreign supplier, no immediate plan was in place for 
domestic production of that product. During the first quarter of 2000, 
sales or production and employment declined when production ceased, and 
company imports of reciprocating compressors began.
    The workers were not separated identifiable by product line.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on reopening, 
it is concluded that the workers of CompAir LeRoi, Independence, 
Virginia, were adversely affected by increased imports of compressors 
like or directly competitive with the articles produced at the subject 
firm.

    ``All workers of CompAir LeRoi, Independence, Virginia, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
May 19, 1999, through two years from the date of this determination, 
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of 
the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 8th day of August 2000.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-22329 Filed 8-30-00; 8:45 am]
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