[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 65457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3146]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,427]


Dan River, Inc., Danville, VA; Notice of Determination of 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    The Department adopted a new interpretation regarding the 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) program in order to 
provide equitable access to ATAA for worker groups whose petitions were 
still in process at the time of implementation of the ATAA program on 
August 6, 2003. Under this new interpretation, worker groups covered by 
the certification of a petition that was in process on August 6, 2003 
may request ATAA consideration for the certified worker group. The 
request must be made to the Department and may be made by anyone who 
was entitled to file the original petition under section 221(a)(1) of 
the Act.
    By letter dated October 15, 2004, a company official of Dan River, 
Inc. requested ATAA consideration for the workers at its facility in 
Danville, Virginia. The original petition date was July 14, 2003, and 
the certification for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) was signed on 
August 20, 2003. The Notice of the Department's determination was 
published in the Federal Register on September 17, 2003 (68 FR 54497-
01).
    The initial investigation did not address ATAA eligibility for the 
workers of the subject company.
    In the request for consideration, a company official provided 
information that supports ATAA certification.
    The investigation revealed that the subject worker group possesses 
skills that are not easily transferable in the local area, and that at 
least five percent of the workforce at the subject firm is at least 
fifty years of age.
    Industry data show that competitive conditions within the textile 
industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained on investigation, I 
conclude that the requirements of Section 246(a)(3)(A) of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers at the subject firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

All workers of at Dan River, Inc., Danville, Virginia, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after July 14, 
2002 through August 20, 2005, are eligible to apply for alternative 
trade adjustment assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act of 
1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 29th day of October 2004.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E4-3146 Filed 11-10-04; 8:45 am]
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