[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39975-39976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16902]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-50,598]


Blandin Paper Co. Including Temporary Workers of Search 
Resources, AMS Staff Leasing, Applied Management, Grand Rapids MN; 
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 February 13, 2003, applicable 
to workers of Blandin Paper Company, Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The 
notice was published in the Federal Register on March 10, 2003 (68 FR 
11410).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. Information provided by 
the State shows that temporary workers of Search Resources, AMS Staff 
Leasing and Applied Management were employed at Blandin Paper Company 
to produce coated magazine paper at the Grand Rapids, Minnesota 
location of the subject firm.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending this 
certification to include temporary workers of Search Resources, AMS 
Staff Leasing and Applied Management, Grand Rapids, Minnesota employed 
at Blandin Paper Company, Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Blandin Paper who were adversely affected by the shift in 
production to Canada and Finland.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-50,598 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Blandin Paper, Grand Rapids, Minnesota including 
temporary workers of Search Resources, AMS Staff Leasing and Applied 
Management, Grand Rapids, Minnesota engaged in employment related to 
the production of coated magazine paper at Blandin Paper Company, 
Grand Rapids, Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or

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after January 17, 2002, through February 13, 2005, are eligible to 
apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act 
of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of June 2003.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-16902 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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