ETA Federal Register Notice

Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Thomaston, GA, Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance [12/18/2001]

Volume 66, Number 243, Page 65230

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-05014A]

 
Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Thomaston, GA, Amended 
Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional 
Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 250(A), subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title 
II, of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), the Department of Labor 
issued a Notice of Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for 
NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance on October 25, 2001, 
applicable to workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, 
Finishing Consumer Department, Thomaston, Georgia engaged in the 
production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related 
accessories. All workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, 
Finishing Apparel Department, Thomaston, Georgia engaged in the 
production of textiles for home furnishings and piece dyed goods of 
apparel were denied eligibility to apply for NAFTA Transitional 
Adjustment Assistance. The notice was published in the Federal Register 
on November 6, 2001 (66 FR 56126).
    At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. Findings show that the 
Department limited its certification coverage to workers of the subject 
firms' Finishing Consumer Department in the Finishing Division engaged 
in the production of sheets, pillowcases and comforters and related 
accessories. The workers employed in the Finishing Apparel Department 
were denied eligibility because they did not meet the group eligibility 
requirements of the Trade Act. The company provides new information 
indicating that the workers are not separately identifiable within the 
Finishing Division.
    It is the intent of the Department to include ``all workers'' of 
Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, Thomaston, Georgia adversely 
affected by increased imports from Canada and Mexico.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification 
determination to include all workers in the Finishing Division.
    The amended notice applicable to NAFTA-05014A is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Thomaston Mills, Inc., Finishing Division, 
Thomaston, Georgia who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after June 16, 2000, through October 25, 2003, are 
eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade Act 
of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 6th day of December 2001.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-31133 Filed 12-17-01; 8:45 am]
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