[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50685-50686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24817]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-4323 and TA-W-38,397]


Owens-Brockway, Glass Containers, Brockway, PA; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter of April 5, 2001, the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics & 
Allied Workers International Union requested administrative 
reconsideration of the Department's denial of North American Free Trade 
Agreement-Transitional Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-TAA) and Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA), applicable to workers of Owens-Brockway, 
Glass Containers, Brockway, Pennsylvania. The notices were published in 
the Federal Register on April 5, 2001, NAFTA-4323 (66 FR 18118), and 
TA-W-38,397 (66 FR 18117).
    The workers were primarily engaged in the production of glass 
bottles.
    The workers were denied NAFTA-TAA on the basis that there was no 
shift in production to Mexico or Canada, nor were there company or 
customer imports of glass bottles from Mexico or Canada. The workers 
were denied TAA because the ``contributed importantly'' test of the 
Group Eligibility Requirements of the Trade Act was not met.
    The union request for reconsideration indicated that the subject 
plant imported glass bottles from South America. Upon further 
examination of available glass bottle import statistics, it is now 
apparent that aggregate U.S. imports of glass bottles increased 
significantly from Canada and Mexico during the relevant period. The 
review further depicts a meaningful increase in aggregate U.S. imports 
of glass bottles during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is

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concluded that the workers of Owens-Brockway, Glass Containers, 
Brockway, Pennsylvania, were adversely affected by increased imports 
(including those from Canada and Mexico) of articles like or directly 
competitive with glass bottles produced at the subject firm.

    All workers of Owens-Brockway, Glass Containers, Brockway, 
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after November 14, 1999, through two years from the 
date of certification, are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under 
Section 250 of the trade Act of 1974; and
    All workers of Owens-Brockway, Glass Containers, Brockway, 
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after November 14, 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 at Washington, DC, this 18th day of September 2001.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-24817 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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