[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33003-33004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8768]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,055]


New England Confectionery Company (NECCO), Stark Candy Company, 
Thibodaux, Louisiana; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration of Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

    By letter dated April 13, 2006, a company official requested 
administrative reconsideration in combination with a letter dated April 
18, 2006 from the Louisiana Work, Department of Labor regarding 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) applicable to workers of 
the subject firm. The

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negative determination was signed on March 31, 2006, and was published 
in the Federal Register on April 17, 2006 (71 FR 19755).
    The workers of New England Confectionery Company (Necco), Stark 
Candy Company, Thibodaux, Louisiana were certified eligible to apply 
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) on March 31, 2006.
    The initial ATAA investigation determined that the skills of the 
subject worker group are easily transferable to other positions in the 
local area.
    In the request for reconsideration, the company official provided 
new information confirming that the skills of the workers at the 
subject firm are not easily transferable in the local commuting area.
    Additional investigation has determined that the workers possess 
skills that are not easily transferable. A significant number or 
proportion of the worker group are age fifty years or over. 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 New England Confectionery Company (Necco), Stark 
Candy Company, Thibodaux, Louisiana, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after March 16, 2005 through March 
31, 2008, are eligible to apply for trade 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 22nd day of May, 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-8768 Filed 6-6-06; 8:45 am]
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