[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56492-56493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5184]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-54,883]


Westpoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as Westpoint Home, Inc, Drakes 
Branch, VA; 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 
amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility 
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance on May 20, 2004, applicable to workers of the 
WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Drakes Branch, Virginia. The notice was 
published in the Federal Register on June 17, 2004 (69 FR 33942).
    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 bath towels.
    Information submitted to the Department shows that on August 8, 
2005, American Real Estate Partners purchased WestPoint Stevens, Inc. 
and is now known as WestPoint Home, Inc.

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    Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to 
reflect the new ownership.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of WestPoint Stevens, Inc. who were adversely affected by 
increased imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-54,883 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as WestPoint 
Home, Inc., Drakes Branch, Virginia, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after April 28, 2003, through May 
20, 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 16th day of August, 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance. >
 [FR Doc. E5-5184 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45 am]
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