[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 56494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5189]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-56,333]


Westpoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as Westpoint Home, Inc, Bed 
Products Division, Clemson, SC; 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 February 9, 2005, applicable to workers of the 
WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Bed Products Division, Clemson, South 
Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 9, 
2005 (70 FR 11704).
    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 sheets and pillowcases.
    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., Bed Products Division who were 
adversely affected by increased imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-56,333 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as WestPoint 
Home, Inc., Bed Products Division, Clemson, South Carolina, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
January 11, 2004, through February 9, 2007, 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. E5-5189 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45 am]
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