[Federal Register: February 4, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 23)]
[Notices]               
[Page 5655-5656]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Employment and Training Administration


[TA-W-39,926]


 
Anvil Knitwear, Inc.; Kings Mountain, North Carolina; Notice of 
Revised Determination On Remand


    The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) granted the 
Secretary of Labor's motion for voluntary remand for further 
investigation of the negative determination in Former Employees of 
Anvil Knitwear, Inc. v. U.S. Secretary of Labor (Court No. 02-00153).
    The Department's initial denial of the petition for employees of 
Anvil Knitwear, Inc., Kings Mountain, North Carolina was issued on 
December 4, 2001, and published in the Federal Register on December 26, 
2001 (66 FR 66428). The denial was based on the fact that criterion (3) 
of the Group Eligibility Requirements of section 222 of the Trade Act 
of 1974, as amended, was not met. Imports did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the subject firm.
    On remand, the Department obtained new information and 
clarification from the company regarding the internal flow of the 
fabrics produced by the subject plant.
    New data supplied by the company show that the overwhelming 
majority of the fabric produced by the subject plant was shipped to an 
affiliated plant, Anvil


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Knitwear, Mullins, South Carolina. The Mullins plant incorporated the 
subject plant's fabric into knit tops and was certified for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance on April 13, 2001, under TA-W-38,829. The subject 
plant's fabrics were an integral part of Mullins knit top production.


Conclusion


    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on remand, I 
conclude that there were increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with those produced by the subject firm that contributed 
importantly to the worker separations and sales or production declines 
at the subject facility. In accordance with the provisions of the Trade 
Act, I make the following certification:


    All workers of Anvil Knitwear, Inc., Kings Mountain, North 
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after August 3, 2000, through two years from the issuance of 
this revised determination, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.


    Signed in Washington, DC this 14th day of January, 2003.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-2559 Filed 2-3-03; 8:45 am]

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