[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 34259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16155]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-38, 101 and TA-W-38, 101A]


Bonney Forge Corporation, Allentown, PA and Bonney Forge 
Corporation, Mt. Union, PA; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reopening

    On February 5, 2001, the Department, on its own motion, reopened 
its investigation for the former workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on December 18, 2000, because the ``contributed importantly'' 
test of the Group Eligibility Requirements of the Trade Act was not met 
for workers at the subject firm. The workers produce steel fittings and 
o'let valves. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register 
on January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2450).
    Criteria (1) and (2) of the worker group eligibility requirements 
of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 were met. Employment and sales 
decreased from FY 1999 to FY 2000.
    New information was provided by one of the customers of the subject 
firm, which warranted further investigation. Review of all survey 
respondents and clarification of the information received by the 
Department revealed that a major declining customer of the subject firm 
increased import purchases of steel pipe fittings while reducing 
purchases from Bonney Forge.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on reopening, 
it is concluded that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with steel pipe fittings 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 at Bonney Forge Corporation, Allentown, 
Pennsylvania (TA-W-38, 101), and Mt. Union, Pennsylvania, (TA-W-38, 
101A), who became totally or partially separated from employment on 
or after August 29, 1999, through two years from the date of 
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.''


    Signed in Washington, DC this 7th day of June 2001.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-16155 Filed 6-26-01; 8:45 am]
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