[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27561-27562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13548]


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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: Barrel O'Fun Snack Foods, Inc./Perham, 
Minnesota.
    Principal Product/Purpose: The loan, guarantee, or grant 
application is to allow an existing manufacturer to purchase equipment 
and expand its facility to manufacture pretzels and tortilla chips. The 
NAICS industry code for this enterprise is: 311919 Other Snack Food 
Manufacturing.

DATES: All interested parties may submit comments in writing no later 
than June 24, 2009. 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 S-4231, Washington, DC 20210; or e-
mail [email protected]; 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 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 area where there is not sufficient

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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 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 4th of June, 2009.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-13548 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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