[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 63265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30067]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-39,416 and TA-W-39,416C]


Pillowtech Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--Plant 4, Kannapolis, 
North Carolina, and Fieldcrest Cannon--Eagle & Phenix, Columbus, 
Georgia; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter of October 8, 2001, the company requested administrative 
reconsideration of the Department's denial of eligibility to apply for 
trade adjustment assistance applicable to workers and former workers of 
Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--Plant 4, Kannapolis, North 
Carolina (TA-W-39, 416) and Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--
Eagle & Phenix, Columbus, Georgia (TA-W-39, 416C).
    The initial investigations resulted in negative determinations 
issued on August 14, 2001, and published in the Federal Register on 
August 23, 2001 (66 FR 44379). The investigation findings for Pillowtex 
Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--Plant 4, Kannapolis, North Carolina 
(TA-W-39, 416) and Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--Eagle & 
Phenix, Columbus, Georgia (TA-W-39, 416C) showed that increased imports 
did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the respective 
plants.
    The company in their request for reconsideration provided 
additional documentation pertaining to the product produced at 
Fieldcrest Cannon-Plant 4. The new data supplied by the company 
indicated that the company increased their reliance on imported 
sheeting fabric during the relevant period, contributing to the layoffs 
at the subject plant.
    The company also provided clarification concerning the yarn 
produced at the Fieldcrest Cannon--Eagle and Phenix plant. The initial 
decision was based on the subject plant producing yarn. The new 
information provided by the company shows that the yarn produced at the 
subject facility was further processed into terry bath towels, hand 
towels and washcloths at the subject plant and then sold to outside 
sources. A sister facility (Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--
Plant 1, Kannapolis, North Carolina (TA-W-39, 416B) producing the same 
products (terry bath towels, hand towels and washcloths) was certified 
on August 14, 2001. The certification was based on aggregate U.S. 
imports of terry cloth towels and washcloths increasing significantly 
during the relevant period, combined with the import to shipment ratio 
exceeding 170 percent.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with sheeting fabric and terry cloth towels and 
washcloths, respectively contributed importantly to the declines in 
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers 
of Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--Plant 4, Kannapolis, North 
Carolina (TA-W-39, 416) and Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--
Eagle & Phenix, Columbus, Georgia (TA-W-39, 416C). In accordance with 
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Pillowtex Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--Plant 
4, Kannapolis, North Carolina (TA-W-39, 416) and Pillowtex 
Corporation, Fieldcrest Cannon--Eagle & Phenix, Columbus, Georgia 
(TA-W-39, 416C), who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after August 14, 2000, through two years from the 
date of this certification are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 13th day of November, 2001.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-30067 Filed 12-4-01; 8:45 am]
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