ETA Federal Register Notice

Echo Bay Minerals Co., Battle Mountain, NV; Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening [01/31/2002]

Volume 67, Number 21, Page 4754

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-39,703]

 
Echo Bay Minerals Co., Battle Mountain, NV; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reopening

    On December 14, 2001, the Department on it's own motion reopened 
the Department's Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply 
for Worker Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of the 
subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on December 5, 2001, based on the finding that imports of gold 
dore did not contribute importantly to worker separations at the 
subject plant. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register 
on December 26, 2001 (66 FR 66428).
    The company supplied additional information to help clarify the 
products produced at the subject site. The company provided data 
showing that the dominant product produced at the subject site was 
silver. The silver production accounted for over half of the subject 
plant's revenues during the relevant period.
    An examination of aggregate U.S. imports of silver revealed that 
silver imports increased significantly during the relevant period. The 
U.S. import to U.S. shipment ratio for silver was greater than 100 
percent during the relevant period.
    The workers at Echo Bay Minerals Co., Battle Mountain, Nevada were 
under an existing trade adjustment assistance certification (TA-W-
36,557) through August 5, 2001.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Echo Bay Minerals Co., 
Battle Mountain, Nevada, contributed importantly to the declines in 
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers 
at the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I 
make the following certification:

    All workers of Echo Bay Minerals Co., Battler Mountain, Nevada 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after August 6, 2001, through two years from the date of this 
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.


    Signed in Washington, DC, this 14th day of Janaury 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-2343 Filed 1-29-02; 8:45 am]
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