[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 4753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2342]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-39,112]


DuCoa, L.P., Verona, MO; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By letter of August 21, 2001, the company requested administrative 
reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative Determination 
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 
applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on July 16, 2001, based on the finding that imports of calcium 
propionate, sodium propionate and calcium acetate did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the subject plant. The denial 
notice was published in the Federal Register on August 6, 2001 (66 FR 
41052).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company supplied 
additional information. The company indicated that plant production was 
shifted to an affiliated plant located in the Netherlands and that the 
foreign plant imported the propionates and acetate back to the United 
States to serve the subject firm's domestic customer base during the 
relevant period.
    The company also indicated that the overwhelming majority of their 
customer base was directed toward the U.S. market and that the products 
sold were not for the export market as indicated in the initial 
decision.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at DuCoa, L.P., Verona, 
Missouri contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production 
and to the total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. 
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    All workers of DuCoa, L.P., Verona, Missouri, who became totally 
or partially separated from employment on or after April 11, 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 26th day of December 2001.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-2342 Filed 1-30-02; 8:45 am]
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