[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 200 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60561-60562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5717]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Request for Certification of Compliance--Rural Industrialization 
Loan and Grant Program

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this 
notice to announce the receipt of a ``Certification of Non-Relocation 
and Market and Capacity Information Report'' (Form 4279-2) for the 
following:
    Applicant/Location: P&M Plastics,Inc., Mountainair, New Mexico.
    Principal Product: The loan, guarantee, or grant applicant plans to 
construct and operate a bio-based manufacturing plant to produce 
ALTREE, a patented wood fortified product. ALTREE is made utilizing 
small diameter timber and recycled plastics. The NAICS industry code 
for this enterprise is 321219. (Reconstituted Wood Product 
Manufacturing.)

DATES: All interested parties may submit comments in writing no later 
than November 1, 2005. Copies of adverse comments received will be 
forwarded to the applicant noted above.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Anthony D. 
Dais, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room C-4514, Washington, DC 20210; or 
transmit via fax 202-693-3015 (this is not a toll-free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number 
(202) 693-2784 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 188 of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act of 1972, as established under 29 CFR part 75, 
authorizes the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make 
or guarantee loans or grants to finance industrial and business 
activities in rural areas. The Secretary of Labor must review the 
application for financial assistance for the purpose of certifying to 
the Secretary of Agriculture that the assistance is not calculated, or 
likely, to result in: (a) A transfer of any employment or business 
activity from one area to another by the loan applicant's business 
operation; or, (b) An increase in the production of goods, materials, 
services, or facilities in an

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area where there is not sufficient demand to employ the efficient 
capacity of existing competitive enterprises unless the financial 
assistance will not have an adverse impact on existing competitive 
enterprises in the area. The Employment and Training Administration 
(ETA) within the Department of Labor is responsible for the review and 
certification process. Comments should address the two bases for 
certification and, if possible, provide data to assist in the analysis 
of these issues.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of October, 2005.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
 [FR Doc. E5-5717 Filed 10-17-05; 8:45 am]
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