[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56493-56494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5187]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,746]


WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as WestPoint Home, Inc, 
Alamance Plant and Distribution Center, Bed Products Division, 
Burlington, 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), 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 November 16, 2004, applicable to workers of 
the WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Alamance Plant and

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Distribution Center, Bed Products Division, Burlington, North Carolina. 
The notice was published in the Federal Register on December 9, 2004 
(69 FR 71429).
    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 bed comforters and shams.
    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., Alamance Plant and Distribution 
Center, Bed Products Division who were adversely affected by increased 
imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-55,746 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as WestPoint 
Home, Inc., Alamance Plant and Distribution Center, Bed Products 
Division, Burlington, North Carolina, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after October 4, 2003, 
through November 16, 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.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E5-5187 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45 am]
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