[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 33199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13819]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-41,976]


Black and Decker, North American Power Tools, Including Leased 
Workers of Employment Control, Inc., Barrett Business Services, Inc. 
and Pro-Temps Staffing, Easton, MD; Amended Certification Regarding 
Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on October 10, 2002, applicable 
to workers of Black and Decker, North American Power Tools, Easton, 
Maryland engaged in the production of corded power tools. The notice 
was published in the Federal Register on November 5, 2002 (67 FR 
67422). The certification was amended on January 8, 2003 by the request 
of the State agency to include all leased workers of Employment 
Control, Inc. working at Black and Decker, North American Power Tools, 
Easton, Maryland. The notice was published in the Federal Register on 
January 15, 2003 (68 FR 2076).
    Recently it has come to the Department's attention that the workers 
are not separately identifiable by product line (corded and cordless 
power tools).
    Also, at the request of the petitioners and the company, the 
Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. 
Information provided by the company shows that leased workers of 
Barrett Business Services, Inc. and Pro-Temps Staffing were employed at 
Black and Decker, North American Power Tools to produce corded and 
cordless power tools.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending the 
certification to include leased workers of Barrett Business Services, 
Inc. and Pro-Temps Staffing employed at Black and Decker, North 
American Power Tools, Easton, Maryland.
    Therefore, it is the intent of the Department's certification to 
include all workers of Black and Decker, North American Power Tools and 
all leased workers engaged in the production of corded and cordless 
power tools who were adversely affected by increased imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-41,976 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Black and Decker, North American Power Tools, 
Easton, Maryland, and leased workers of Employment Control, Inc., 
Barrett Business Services, Inc. and Pro-Temps Staffing engaged in 
employment related to the production of corded and cordless power 
tools and administrative support workers of Employment Control, Inc. 
working at Black and Decker, North American Power Tools, Easton, 
Maryland who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after August 1, 2001, through October 10, 2004, are eligible 
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade 
Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of February, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-13819 Filed 6-2-03; 8:45 am]
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