[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 5297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2692]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-39,100, TA-W-39,100A, and TA-W-38,833]


Paper Converting Machine Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin; Packaging 
Machine Division, a Paper Converting Machine Company, Green Bay, 
Wisconsin; O & E Machine Corp. a Paper Converting Machine Company, 
Green Bay, Wisconsin; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By letter of August 23, 2001, the U.A.W., Local 1102 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 heavy 
duty paper converting machinery and parts for the packaging industry 
did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject 
plan. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on August 
6, 2001 (66 FR 41052).
    The union supplied additional information concerning foreign 
competition impacting the plant workers.
    Upon contact with the company it became evident that an affiliated 
foreign company producing like and directly competitive products as the 
subject plant increased their shipments of heavy duty paper converting 
machinery for the packaging industry into the United States.
    The O & E Machine Company (a machine shop) and Packaging Machine 
Division (wrapping and packaging) functions are affiliated divisions of 
Paper Converting Machine Company, and integrated into the production 
operations of Paper Converting Machine Company's and therefore included 
in this 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 Paper Converting Machine 
Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin (TA-W-39,100) 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 Paper Converting Machine Company, Green Bay, 
Wisconsin (TA-W-39,100) and Packaging Machine Division, a Division 
of Paper Converting Machine Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin (TA-W-
39,100A) who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after April 4, 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.
    All workers of O & E Machine Corp., a Division of Paper 
Converting Machine Company, Green Bay, Wisconsin (TA-W-38,833) who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
February 17, 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 18th day of January 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-2692 Filed 2-4-02; 8:45 am]
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