[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 62 (Wednesday, March 31, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 16962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7176]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-53,487]


National Textiles, Eden, NC; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By application of February 6, 2004, 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 December 15, 2003, based on the finding that imports of cut 
fabric did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the 
subject plant and that there was no shift to a foreign country. The 
denial notice was published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2004 
(69 FR 2622).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company official 
supplied additional information to supplement that which was gathered 
during the initial investigation. Upon further review, it was revealed 
that the company shifted production of cut fabric to Mexico and 
Honduras during the relevant period and that this shift contributed 
importantly to layoffs at the subject firm.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
determine that there was a shift in production from the workers' firm 
or subdivision to Mexico and Honduras of articles that are like or 
directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or 
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of National Textiles, Eden, North Carolina who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
November 5, 2002 through two years from the date of 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 March 2004.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-7176 Filed 3-30-04; 8:45 am]
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