[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 63803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18216]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,623; TA-W-58,623CC; TA-W-58,623DD]


Westpoint Home, Inc., Formerly Westpoint Stevens, Inc. Corporate 
Office Including On-Site Leased Workers of Ambassador Personnel in the 
Corporate Office, Claims Department; West Point, Georgia; Including 
Employees of Westpoint Home, Inc., Formerly Westpoint Stevens, Inc., 
Corporate Office, West Point, Georgia Employees Working at the 
Following Locations: Cotton Department Valley, Alabama, Records Center 
West Point, Georgia; 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 Notice of Determination 
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on 
February 21, 2006, applicable to workers of WestPoint Home, Inc., 
formerly WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Corporate Office West Point, Georgia. 
The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 22, 2006 (71 
FR 14549).
    At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm.
    New information shows that worker separations have occurred 
involving employees of the Corporate Office, West Point, Georgia of 
WestPoint Home, Inc., formerly WestPoint Stevens, Inc. located in the 
Cotton Department, Valley, Alabama and the Records Center, West Point, 
Georgia. The workers provided support services for the manufacture of 
comforters, sheets, pillowcases, towels and blankets produced by 
WestPoint Home, Inc., formerly WestPoint Stevens, Inc.
    Information also shows that leased workers of Ambassador Personnel 
were employed on-site at the West Point, Georgia location of WestPoint 
Home, Inc., formerly WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Corporate Office, Claims 
Department.
    In addition, in accordance with section 246 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein 
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification of 
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) 
for older workers.
    The Department has determined in this case the requirements of 
section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending this 
certification to include employees of the Corporate Office, West Point, 
Georgia facility WestPoint Home, Inc., formerly WestPoint Stevens, Inc. 
located at the Cotton Department, Valley, Alabama and the Records 
Center, West Point, Georgia.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of WestPoint Home, Inc., formerly WestPoint Stevens, Inc., 
Corporate Office, West Point, Georgia who were adversely affected by 
increased company and customer imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-58,623 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    ``All workers of WestPoint Home, Inc., formerly WestPoint 
Stevens, Inc., Corporate Office, including on-site leased workers of 
Ambassador Personnel, who reported to the Corporate Office, Claims 
Department, West Point, Georgia (TA-W-58,623), including employees 
reporting to this office but working at the Cotton Department, 
Valley, Alabama (TA-W-58,623CC) and the Records Center, West Point, 
Georgia (TA-W-58,623DD), who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after January 12, 2005, through February 21, 
2008, 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 24th day of October 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-18216 Filed 10-30-06; 8:45 am]
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