[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 96 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 28959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2512]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,352]


BIC Corporation, BIC Consumer Products Manufacturing Co., Inc., 
BIC USA, Inc., Milford, CT; 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 September 9, 2004, applicable to workers of BIC 
Corporation, BIC Consumer Products Manufacturing Co., Inc., Milford, 
Connecticut. The notice was published in the Federal Register on 
October 8, 2004 (69 FR 60427).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of stic pens and single blade shavers and are not 
separately identifiable by product line.
    New information shows that that some workers separated from 
employment at the subject firm had their wages reported under a 
separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for BIC USA, Inc.
    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 BIC Corporation, BIC Consumer Products Manufacturing Co., 
Inc., BIC USA, Inc., Milford, Connecticut who was adversely affected by 
a shift in production to Mexico, South America and Europe.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-55,352 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    ''All workers of BIC Corporation, BIC Consumer Products 
Manufacturing Co., Inc., BIC USA, Inc., Milford, Connecticut, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
August 2, 2003, through September 9, 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 27th day of April 2005.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-2512 Filed 5-18-05; 8:45 am]
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