[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 41740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-15443]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-39,512]


Royce Hosier Mills, Inc., High Point, NC; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Remand

    The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) granted the 
Secretary of Labor's motion for voluntary remand for further 
investigation of the negative determination in Former Employees of 
Royce Hosiery Mills, Inc. v. U.S. Secretary of Labor (Court No. 
02-00252).
    The Department's initial denial of the petition for employees of 
Royce Hosiery Mills, Inc., High Point, North Carolina was issued on 
July 6, 2001 and published in the Federal Register on July 26, 2001 (66 
FR 39055). The denial was based on the fact that criterion (3) of the 
Group Eligibility Requirements of section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended, was not met. Increased imports did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the subject firm. The immediate 
cause of the worker separations at the subject firm was related to the 
transfer of production to other domestic facilities.
    On August 28, 2001, the petitioner requested administrative 
reconsideration of the Department's denial, which also resulted in the 
dismissal of the application for reconsideration. The dismissal was 
issued on January 24, 2002, and published in the Federal Register on 
February 5, 2002 (67 FR 5297).
    On remand, the Department obtained new information and 
clarification from the company regarding the work done at the High 
Point facility. The investigation revealed that the subject workers 
produced socks (dyed, boarded, paired, inspected, packaged and shipped 
socks). The company further revealed that the company increased their 
imports of socks ``like or directly competitive'' with what the subject 
plant produced during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on remand, I 
conclude that there were increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with those produced by the subject firm that contributed 
importantly to the worker separations and sales or production declines 
at the subject facility. In accordance with the provisions of the Trade 
Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Royce Hosiery Mills, Inc., High Point, North 
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after June 6, 2000, through two years from the issuance of 
this revised determination, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of June 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-15443 Filed 6-18-02; 8:45 am]
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