[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10771-10772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5589]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TAW39, 065 and TAW39, 065A]


Mundy Industrial Contractor at Dupont Corporation, Kinston Plant, 
Kinston, NC; Mundy Industrial Contractors At Dupont Coporation, Cape 
Fear Plant, Wilmington (Leland), NC; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By application of August 24, 2001, the petitioner, 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 30, 2001, based on the finding that criterion (1) of the 
group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 
was not met. Employment increased during the relevant period. The 
denial notice was published in the Federal Register on August 15, 2001 
(66 FR 42878).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the applicant provided 
additional information explaining the trends in employment of the 
contract workers engaged in activities relating to the production of 
polyester fiber at the two Dupont plants.
    Upon examination of the data supplied by the applicant, it became 
apparent that declines in employment occurred at both plants during the 
relevant period. The workers were engaged in activities related to 
production of polyester fiber at the two Dupont Corporation plants. The 
Dupont plants were certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment 
Assistance under TA-W-35, 961 (expired August 23, 2001) followed by a 
further TAA certification under TA-W-39 743 (which began on August 24, 
2001).
    Based on data supplied by Dupont Corporation in case TA-W-39, 743, 
it has become evident that all criteria have been met for the workers 
of Mundy Industrial Contactors working at Dupont Corporation, Kinston 
Plant, Kinston, North Carolina and Cape Fear Plant, Wilmington, 
(Leland), North Carolina performing work related to the production 
activities at these certified plants. Plant sales, production and 
employment declined and customer imports increased during the relevant 
period.

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 Dupont Corporation's Cape 
Fear Plant, Wilmington (Leland), North Carolina and Dupont 
Corporation's Kinston Plant, Kinston, North Carolina, contributed 
importantly to the declines in the total or partial separation of Mundy 
Industrial Contactors workers, who performed work in direct support of 
the production of polyester fiber at the two Dupont plants. In 
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    Workers of Mundy Industrial Contractors engaged in employment 
activities related to the production of polyester fiber at Dupont 
Corporation's, Kinston Plant, Kinston, North Carolina (TA-W-39, 065) 
and Cape Fear Plant, Wilmington (Leland), North Carolina (TA-W-39), 
065A), who became totally or partially separated from employment on 
or after April 5, 2000 through two years from the date of this 
certification, are eligible to

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apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act 
of 1974.


    Signed in Washington, DC this 19th day of February 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-5589 Filed 3-7-02; 8:45 am]
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