[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70463-70464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29702]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-41,467]


I.C. Isaacs & Co., Inc., New York, NY; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of August 1, 2002, 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, 
based on the finding that the workers of I.C. Isaacs & Co., 
Incorporated did not produce jeans, t-shirts and men's polo shirts 
during the relevant period. The denial notice was signed on June 25, 
2002 and published in the Federal Register on July 9, 2002 (67 FR 
455501).
    The company on reconsideration provided additional information 
concerning the functions performed by the subject firm and further 
indicated that various firm functions were transferred to a third party 
independent contractor located in Asia during the relevant period.
    This data, in conjunction with data provided in the initial 
investigation, shows that the firm was an apparel manufacturer during 
the relevant period.
    On further review it has been determined that the firm's sales and 
employment declined during the relevant period.
    The investigation also revealed that a meaningful portion of the 
functions performed by the subject firm workers were shifted to a 
foreign third party

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independent contractor and the company subsequently increased their 
imports of jeans, t-shirts and men's polo shirts from that foreign 
source during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on 
reconsideration, it is concluded that increased imports of jeans, t-
shirts and men's polo shirts contributed importantly to the decline in 
production and to the total or partial separation of workers at I.C. 
Isaacs & Co., Inc., New York, New York. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Act, I make the following revised determination:

    Workers of I.C. Isaacs & Co., Inc., New York, New York, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
April 10, 2001 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 16th day of October, 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-29702 Filed 11-21-02; 8:45 am]
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