[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39981-39982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16903]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-39,324]


Maverick Tube Corp., Beaver Falls, PA; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Remand

    The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT), on May 6, 
2003, granted the Secretary of Labor's motion for voluntary remand for 
further investigation of the negative determination in Former Employees 
of Maverick Tube Corp. v. U.S. Secretary of Labor (Court No. 02-00185).
    The Department's initial denial of the petition for employees of 
Maverick Tube Corporation, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania was issued on 
December 31, 2001 and

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published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2002 (67 FR 1510). The 
investigation revealed that criterion (3) was not met. The Department 
conducted a survey of the major declining customers of Maverick Tube 
Corp., regarding their purchases of cold drawn tubular products for 
1999, 2000 and January through March 2001. The results of the survey 
indicated that customer import purchases of cold drawn tubular product 
declined during the relevant period.
    On remand, the Department conducted a survey of additional 
customers not supplied during the initial investigation. The survey 
revealed that customers increased their reliance on imported cold drawn 
tubular products during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with cold drawn tubular products produced at Maverick Tube 
Corporation, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania contributed importantly to the 
decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation 
of workers of that firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of Maverick Tube Corporation, Beaver Falls, 
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after May 11, 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 19th day of June 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-16903 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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