[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 46235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19859]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-51,861]


Rosewood Manufacturing Company, A Division of Blauer 
Manufacturing Company, Inc., Charleston, MS; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter of June 25, 2003, a company official 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 
issued on June 13, 2003, based on the finding that imports of public 
safety sweaters and jackets did not contribute importantly to worker 
separations at the subject plant. The denial notice was published in 
the Federal Register on July 3, 2003 (68 FR 39976).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company supplied 
additional information to supplement that which was gathered during the 
initial investigation. Upon further review, it was revealed that sales 
and production figures provided in the initial investigation combined 
subject firm sales and production with import data. Subsequently, it 
was revealed that in fact sales and production declines did occur, and 
also that company imports increased in the relevant period, 
contributing to layoffs at the subject firm.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Rosewood Manufacturing 
Company, Inc., A Division of Blauer Company, Inc., Charleston, 
Mississippi, contributed importantly to the declines in sales or 
production and to the total or partial separation of workers at the 
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of Rosewood Manufacturing Company, Inc., A Division 
of Blauer Company, Inc., Charleston, Mississippi, who became totally 
or partially separated from employment on or after May 16, 2002, 
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 11th day of July, 2003.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-19859 Filed 8-4-03; 8:45 am]
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