[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 60669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22797]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-54,969]


Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Currently Known as R.J. 
Reynolds Tobacco Company an Operating Subsidiary of Reynolds American, 
Inc., Chester, VA; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply 
for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Negative Determination Regarding 
Eligibility To Apply for Alternative Trade 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 and Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance on June 8, 2004, applicable to workers of Brown & Williamson 
Tobacco Corporation, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco, Chester, 
Virginia. The notice was published in the Federal Register on July 7, 
2004 (69 FR 40984).
    At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of reconstituted tobacco sheets.
    New information provided by the company shows that Brown & 
Williamson Tobacco Corporation is currently known as R.J. Reynolds 
Tobacco Company, an operating subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc. as 
of July 30, 2004. Information also shows that workers separated from 
employment at the subject firm had their wages reported under a 
separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for R.J. Reynolds 
Tobacco Company.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to 
properly reflect this matter.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation who were adversely 
affected by increased imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-54,969 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    ``All workers of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, 
currently known as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, an operating 
subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc., Chester, Virginia, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 20, 
2003, through June 8, 2006, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.''
    I further determine that all workers of Brown and Williamson 
Tobacco Corporation, currently known as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 
Company, an operating subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc., 
Chester, Virginia, are denied eligibility to apply for alternative 
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 
1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 23rd day of September 2004.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-22797 Filed 10-8-04; 8:45 am]
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