[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60669-60670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22799]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,359]


Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Wilson Leaf Division, 
Currently Known as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, an Operating 
Subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc., Wilson, NC; Amended 
Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance and 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 August 13, 2004, applicable to workers of Brown & 
Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Wilson Leaf Division, Wilson, North 
Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal Register on September 
8, 2004 (69 FR 54321).
    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 tobacco leaf.
    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

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Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Wilson Leaf Division, who were 
adversely affected by increased imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-55,359 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Wilson 
Leaf Division, currently known as R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, an 
operating subsidiary of Reynolds American, Inc., Wilson, North 
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after July 30, 2003, through August 13, 2006, are eligible to 
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act 
of 1974, and are also eligible 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. 04-22799 Filed 10-8-04; 8:45 am]
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