Petitions have been filed with the Secretary of Labor under section 221(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (“the Act”) and are identified in the Appendix to this notice. Upon receipt of these petitions, the Director of the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, has instituted investigations pursuant to section 221(a) of the Act.
The purpose of each of the investigations is to determine whether the workers are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under title II, chapter 2, of the Act. The investigations will further relate, as appropriate, to the determination of the date on which total or partial separations began or threatened to begin and the subdivision of the firm involved.
The petitioners or any other persons showing a substantial interest in the subject matter of the investigations may request a public hearing, provided such request is filed in writing with the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than June 18, 2004.
Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the subject matter of the investigations to the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, at the address shown below, not later than June 18, 2004.
The petitions filed in this case are available for inspection at the Office of the Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room C-5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of May, 2004.
Timothy Sullivan,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
APPENDIX
[Petitions Instituted Between 05/03/2004 and 05/07/2004]
| TA-W | Subject firm (petitioners) | Location | Date of institution | Date of petition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54,831 | Neese Industries (LA) | Gonzales, LA | 05/03/2004 | 04/23/2004 |
| 54,832 | Sun Microsystems (Wkrs) | Newark, CA | 05/03/2004 | 05/02/2004 |
| 54,833 | Bayer Clothing Group, Inc. (Comp) | Clearfield, PA | 05/03/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,834 | WesTan (Westfield Tanning) (WTEU) | Westfield, PA | 05/03/2004 | 04/27/2004 |
| 54,835 | IMS (Wkrs) | Georgetown, SC | 05/03/2004 | 04/30/2004 |
| 54,836 | Birdseye Foods, Inc. (Wkrs) | Fond Du Lac, WI | 05/03/2004 | 04/30/2004 |
| 54,837 | American Meter Company (Comp) | Calexico, CA | 05/04/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,838 | Swarovski North America, Ltd. (Comp) | Cranston, RI | 05/04/2004 | 04/20/2004 |
| 54,839 | Flextronics Int'l. (NJ) | Parsippany, NJ | 05/04/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,840 | Ivensys/Renco North America (Comp) | Plain City, OH | 05/04/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,841 | Elastic Corporation of America (Comp) | Asheboro, NC | 05/04/2004 | 04/30/2004 |
| 54,842 | Chicago Rawhide (Comp) | Franklin, NC | 05/05/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,843 | Trent Tube, A Div. of Crucible Materials (Comp) | Carrollton, GA | 05/05/2004 | 04/24/2004 |
| 54,844 | Kwikset (Comp) | Bristow, OK | 05/05/2004 | 04/29/2004 |
| 54,845 | Carhartt, Inc. (Comp) | Madisonville, KY | 05/05/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,846 | Our America Gift, Inc. (Comp) | Agawam, MA | 05/05/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,847 | Artex International, Inc. (Comp) | Highland, IL | 05/05/2004 | 04/30/2004 |
| 54,848 | Oshkosh B'Gosh, Inc. (Comp) | Oshkosh, WI | 05/05/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,849 | Minnesota Rubber (MN) | Minneapolis, MN | 05/05/2004 | 04/28/2004 |
| 54,850 | Burlington Industries (Wkrs) | New York, NY | 05/05/2004 | 04/30/2004 |
| 54,851 | Intex Corporation (Comp) | Pilot Mtn., NC | 05/05/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,852 | Danskin, Inc. (Comp) | Grenada, MS | 05/06/2004 | 04/23/2004 |
| 54,853 | Rockwell Automation (Wkrs) | Seattle, WA | 05/06/2004 | 05/05/2004 |
| 54,854 | Kentucky Apparel, LLP (Comp) | Tompkinsville, KY | 05/06/2004 | 04/28/2004 |
| 54,855 | Sara Lee Hosiery (Wkrs) | Rockingham, NC | 05/06/2004 | 04/29/2004 |
| 54,856 | EMI Group p/c (Wkrs) | Jacksonville, IL | 05/06/2004 | 05/05/2004 |
| 54,857 | Valley Mills (AL) | Valley Head, AL | 05/06/2004 | 04/30/2004 |
| 54,858 | Hope Valley Dyeing Corp. (Comp) | West Warwick, RI | 05/06/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,859 | Artistic Laces, Inc. (Comp) | Warwick, RI | 05/06/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,860 | American Express (Wkrs) | Phoenix, AZ | 05/06/2004 | 04/27/2004 |
| 54,861 | J.S. Technos (Wkrs) | Russellville, KY | 05/06/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,862 | Irwin Industrial Tool Co. (Comp) | Wilmington, OH | 05/06/2004 | 05/05/2004 |
| 54,863 | Ethan Allen, Inc. (Comp) | Boonville, NY | 05/07/2004 | 04/29/2004 |
| 54,864 | Cullman Apparel Mfg. Co., Inc. (Comp) | Cullman, AL | 05/07/2004 | 05/06/2004 |
| 54,865 | H.E. Services (Wkrs) | Flint, MI | 05/07/2004 | 04/26/2004 |
| 54,866 | National Textiles, LLC (NC) | China Grove, NC | 05/10/2004 | 05/07/2004 |
| 54,867 | Pennsylvania Resources Corp. (Wkrs) | Dunmore, PA | 05/10/2004 | 05/05/2004 |
| 54,868 | R and W Manufacturing, Inc. (Comp) | Avena, GA | 05/10/2004 | 05/06/2004 |
| 54,869 | GearBuck Aviation Maintenance (AR) | Blytheville, AR | 05/10/2004 | 05/06/2004 |
| 54,870 | J and L Specialty Steel, LLC (Comp) | Moon Township, PA | 05/10/2004 | 05/07/2004 |
| 54,871 | DeVlieg Bullard II, Inc. (UAW) | Frankenmuth, MI | 05/10/2004 | 05/05/2004 |
| 54,872 | Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Wkrs) | Salem, NH | 05/10/2004 | 04/30/2004 |
| 54,873 | Keane, Inc. (Wkrs) | Moosic, PA | 05/10/2004 | 05/06/2004 |
| 54,874 | Santa's Best (Comp) | Vineland, NJ | 05/10/2004 | 04/30/2004 |
| 54,875 | Thomson, Inc. (NPC) | Dunmore, PA | 05/10/2004 | 05/06/2004 |
| 54,876 | Amcor PET Packaging (Wkrs) | Erie, PA | 05/10/2004 | 05/07/2004 |
| 54,877 | Steele Mfg. A Div. of Calhoun Appl. (Comp) | Water Valley, MS | 05/10/2004 | 05/07/2004 |
| 54,878 | Smurfit Stone Container Corp. (Wkrs) | Anderson, IN | 05/11/2004 | 04/29/2004 |
| 54,879 | Vesuvius USA (USWA) | Buffalo, NY | 05/11/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,880 | Wehadkee Yarn Mills (Comp) | Rock Mills, AL | 05/11/2004 | 05/05/2004 |
| 54,881 | Bradford Soap Works, Inc. (Comp) | W. Warwick, RI | 05/11/2004 | 05/10/2004 |
| 54,882 | Intek (Wkrs) | Aberdeen, NC | 05/11/2004 | 05/05/2004 |
| 54,883 | Westpoint Stevens (Comp) | Drakes Branch, VA | 05/11/2004 | 04/28/2004 |
| 54,884 | American Airlines (Wkrs) | Las Vegas, NV | 05/11/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,885 | Dekko Technology (Wkrs) | Claypool, IN | 05/11/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,886 | Geron Furniture/Legett and Platt (Comp) | Carson, CA | 05/11/2004 | 05/07/2004 |
| 54,887 | Eaton Aerospace (FL) | Sarasota, FL | 05/11/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,888 | Cooper Power Systems (Comp) | Pewaukee, WI | 05/11/2004 | 05/10/2004 |
| 54,889 | 3M (MN) | St. Paul, MN | 05/11/2004 | 05/10/2004 |
| 54,890 | Inamed Corp. (Comp) | Santa Barbara, CA | 05/11/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,891 | Johnson Diversey, Inc. (Wkrs) | Sharonville, OH | 05/11/2004 | 04/30/2004 |
| 54,892 | Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) (Wkrs) | Chicago, IL | 05/11/2004 | 05/09/2004 |
| 54,893 | Northwest Composites (Wkrs) | Marysville, WA | 05/11/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,894 | Royce Hosiery (Wkrs) | Martinsburg, WV | 05/12/2004 | 05/11/2004 |
| 54,895 | Armin Tool and Mfg. Company (Comp) | S. Elgin, IL | 05/12/2004 | 05/06/2004 |
| 54,896 | Phillips Plastics (Comp) | Eau Claire, WI | 05/12/2004 | 05/03/2004 |
| 54,897 | Tidewater Occupational Center (Comp) | Suffolk, VA | 05/12/2004 | 05/05/2004 |
| 54,898 | Ogden Manufacturing, Inc. (Comp) | Albany, WI | 05/12/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,899 | Zilog, Inc. (Comp) | Nampa, ID | 05/12/2004 | 05/10/2004 |
| 54,900 | G and F Industries (MA) | Sturbridge, MA | 05/12/2004 | 05/12/2004 |
| 54,901 | Springfield Plastics (Comp) | E. Springfield, PA | 05/12/2004 | 05/11/2004 |
| 54,902 | Solutia, Inc. (IL) | Sauget, IL | 05/12/2004 | 05/11/2004 |
| 54,903 | Nortel Networks (Wkrs) | RTP, NC | 05/12/2004 | 04/29/2004 |
| 54,904 | Envirco Corp. (Wkrs) | Albuquerque, NM | 05/12/2004 | 04/27/2004 |
| 54,905 | Compucom Systems, Inc. (NPW) | Dallas, TX | 05/12/2004 | 05/11/2004 |
| 54,906 | W.H. Stewart Co. (Comp) | Oklahoma City, OK | 05/12/2004 | 05/08/2004 |
| 54,907 | Ponsleep Products (Comp) | Compton, CA | 05/13/2004 | 05/06/2004 |
| 54,908 | In Gear Fashion, Inc. (FL) | Miami, FL | 05/13/2004 | 05/12/2004 |
| 54,909 | Atlantic Salmon of Maine (Wkrs) | Machias Port, ME | 05/13/2004 | 05/04/2004 |
| 54,910 | Earthlink (Wkrs) | Harrisburg, PA | 05/13/2004 | 04/20/2004 |
| 54,911 | Keller Manufacturing Co., Inc. (The) (Comp) | New Salisbury, IN | 05/13/2004 | 05/12/2004 |
| 54,912 | DeRoyal Industries, Inc. (Wkrs) | Dryden, VA | 05/13/2004 | 04/26/2004 |
| 54,913 | Travelocity.com (Comp) | San Antonio, TX | 05/14/2004 | 05/10/2004 |
[FR Doc. 04-12868 Filed 6-7-04; 8:45 am]
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