[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 14547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4135]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-53,321]


Charter Fabrics, Inc., New York, NY; Notice of Revised 
Determination of Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on Remand

    On February 14, 2006, the U.S. Court of International Trade (USCIT) 
granted the Department's motion for voluntary remand in Former 
Employees of Charter Fabrics, Inc. v. United States Secretary of Labor, 
Court No. 05-00652.
    A negative determination regarding the subject workers' eligibility 
to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) was issued 
on September 7, 2005. The determination stated that the investigation 
revealed that the skills of the worker group were easily transferable 
to other positions in the local commuting area.
    During the remand investigation, the Department contacted the human 
resources official at the subject firm for information related to the 
ATAA investigation. Information provided by this company official 
revealed that there were few available jobs in the local area and in 
the industry at the time of separation.
    At least five percent of the workforce at the subject firm is at 
least fifty years of age. Workers possess skills that are not easily 
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers at the subject 
firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    ``All workers of Charter Fabrics, Inc., New York, New York, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
September 29, 2002 through December 31, 2005, 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 in Washington, DC, this 2nd day of March 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-4135 Filed 3-21-06; 8:45 am]
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