ETA Federal Register Notice

Simpson Pasadena Paper Company, Pasadena, Texas; Notice of Revised Determination on Remand [06/15/2000]

Volume 65, Number 116, Page 37578-37579

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[Docket No. TA-W-35,319]

 
Simpson Pasadena Paper Company, Pasadena, Texas; Notice of 
Revised Determination on Remand

    The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) in the 
matter of Former Employees of Simpson Pasadena Paper Company v. Alexis 
Herman, United States Secretary of Labor, USCIT, No. 99-04-00249, 
remanded for additional customer survey, the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance 
under the Trade Act of 1974.
    On remand, the Department conducted a survey of additional 
declining customers of Simpson

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Pasadena Paper Company, Pasadena, Texas. The additional major declining 
customers surveyed report an increasing reliance on imports of paper 
while decreasing purchases from the subject firm during the time period 
relevant to the investigation.
    Information that was obtained in the initial investigation show 
that workers at the Pasadena, Texas, plant of Simpson Pasadena Paper 
Company were used interchangeably and were not separately identifiable 
by product. Accordingly, the worker separations resulting from increase 
imports of paper indirectly affected all lines of production (pulp, 
coated and uncoated paper).

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained on remand, I conclude 
that there was an increase in imports of articles that are like or 
directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm which 
contributed to declines in sales or production and employment at 
Simpson Pasadena Paper Company, Pasadena, Texas. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Trade Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Simpson Pasadena Paper Company, Pasadena, Texas, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after November 13, 1997, through two years from the date of this 
issuance, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th Day of June 2000.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-15139 Filed 6-14-00; 8:45 am]
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