[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 146 (Monday, July 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43212-43213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12198]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-56,258]


Collins And Aikman Products Company, Division 016, Roxboro, NC 
(Including Employees Working Out of Troy, MI); Notice of Revised 
Determination of Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on 
Reconsideration

    On February 24, 2005, workers and former workers of Collins and 
Aikman Products Company, Division 016, Roxboro, North Carolina (subject 
firm) were certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 
(TAA) but not Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The 
Notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on April 
1, 2005 (70 FR 16847). An amendment was issued on June 6, 2006 to 
include employees working out of Troy, Michigan. The Notice of 
amendment was published in the Federal Register on June 22, 2006 (71 FR 
35951).
    Based on information produced on the initial investigation that 
workers the subject workers possess skills that are easily 
transferable, the workers were denied eligibility to apply for ATAA. 
Administrative reconsideration was not requested.
    After the Notice of amendment was issued, the Department received 
new information indicating that the subject workers may possess skills 
that are not easily transferable. As such, the Department reopened the 
investigation.
    Based on information obtain during the reconsideration 
investigation, the Department determines that the subject workers do 
not possess skills that are easily transferable.
    At least five percent of the workforce at the subject from is at 
least fifty years of age. 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 the workers of the 
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    All workers of Collins and Aikman Products Company, Division 
016, Roxboro, North Carolina, including employees working out of 
Troy, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after December 13, 2003 through February 24, 2007, 
are eligible to

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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 24th day of July, 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-12198 Filed 7-28-06; 8:45 am]
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