[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50687-50688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24816]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-38,642]


Global Tex LLC Doing Business as Bates of Maine Lewiston, ME; 
Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On July 20, 2001, the Department issued a notice of affirmative 
determination regarding application for reconsideration of the denial 
of trade adjustment assistance for workers of the subject firm. The 
notice was published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2001 (66 FR 
42883).
    The workers of Global Tex LLC, doing business as Bates of Maine, 
Lewiston, Maine, were engaged in employment related to the production 
of cotton blankets, throws and bedspreads. The petition was initially 
denied because the ``contributed importantly'' criterion of the Trade 
Act of 1974, as amended, was not met.
    The production of bedspreads at Lewiston, Maine, accounted for the 
majority of output at the plant. The company provided revised 
information on their imports of bedspreads which shows that the company 
did not purchase imports in 1999. The company increased import 
purchases of bedspreads in 2000.
    Examination of aggregate U.S. imports for consumption shows that 
from 1999 to 2000, imports of bedspreads of textile materials, not 
knitted or crocheted, increased in quantity and value.

Conclusion

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

``All workers of Global Tex LLC, doing business as Bates of Maine, 
Lewiston, Maine, who become totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after January 23, 2000, through two years from the 
date of this issuance, are eligible to apply for adjustment

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assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 18th day of September 2001.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-24816 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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