[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 1210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-411]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA--05245]


Eagle Picher Industries, Construction Equipment Division, Now 
Known as Noble Construction Equipment, Inc., Lubbock, Texas; Amended 
Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional 
Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title 
II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273), the 
Department of Labor issued a Certification for NAFTA Transitional 
Adjustment Assistance on January 23, 2002, applicable to workers of 
Eagle Picher Industries, Construction Equipment Division, Lubbock, 
Texas. The notice was published in the Federal Register on February 5, 
2002 (67 FR 5294).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
revised determination for workers of the subject firm.
    Information provided by the State and the company shows that Noble 
International purchased Eagle Picher Industries, Construction Equipment 
Division in December 2001 and is now known as Noble Construction 
Equipment, Inc.
    Information also shows that workers separated from employment at 
the subject firm, had their wages reported under a separate 
unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for Noble Construction 
Equipment, Inc.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to 
properly reflect this matter.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Eagle Picher Industries, Construction Equipment Division, 
now known as Noble Construction Equipment, Inc. who were adversely 
affected by the shift in the production of construction equipment to 
Mexico.
    The amended notice applicable to NAFTA-05245 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Eagle Picher Industries, Construction Equipment 
Division, now known as Noble Construction Equipment, Inc., Lubbock, 
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from employment on 
or after August 22, 2000, through January 23, 2004, are eligible to 
apply for NAFTA-TAA under section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.


    Signed in Washington, DC, this 16th day of December 2002.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-411 Filed 1-8-03; 8:45 am]
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