[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 24 (Monday, February 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6456-6457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-460]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,767]


Lenox, Inc., Oxford, NC; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By letter dated December 9, 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 November 9, 2004, based on the finding that petitioning 
workers did not produce an article within the relevant time period. The 
denial notice was published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2004 
(69 FR 71428).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company official 
supplied additional information. Upon further review, it was revealed 
that the petitioning workers were members of the workforce that was 
certified eligible for TAA benefits, whose certification expired on 
October 11, 2004. The investigation revealed that petitioning workers 
remained employed at the subject facility after the stoppage of the 
production and beyond the date of the TAA certification for the purpose 
of completion of the transfer of the inventory and removal of the 
remaining equipment from the subject facility.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of

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articles like or directly competitive with those produced at Lenox, 
Inc., Oxford, North Carolina, 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 Lenox, Inc., Oxford, North Carolina who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after October 
11, 2004 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 18th day of January 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-460 Filed 2-4-05; 8:45 am]
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