[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 56493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5186]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,006]


Westpoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as Westpoint Home, Inc, 
Longview Plant, Bed Products Division, Hickory, 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 on June 15, 2004, applicable to 
workers of the WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Longview Plant, Bed Products 
Division, Hickory, North Carolina. The notice was published in the 
Federal Register on July 7, 2004 (69 FR 40983). On April 8, 2005, in 
accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), 
the same worker group was issued a Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance. The notice was 
published in the Federal Register on May 16, 2005 (70 FR 25864).
    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 comforters.
    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.
    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., Longview Plant, Bed Products 
Division who were adversely affected by increased imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-55,006 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as WestPoint 
Home, Inc., Longview Plant, Bed Products Division, Hickory, North 
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after June 1, 2003, through June 15, 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 17th day of August, 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E5-5186 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45 am]
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