[Federal Register: November 28, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 229)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-52,835]

 
Southeastern Adhesives Company, Lenoir, NC; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reopening

    On November 10, 2003, the Department, on its own motion, reopened 
its investigation for the former workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation was initiated on September 12, 2003, and 
resulted in a negative determination issued on October 21, 2003. The 
investigation findings showed that workers of the subject firm did not 
supply at least 20 percent of production or sales to a firm that 
employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility 
to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Consequently, workers 
of Southeastern Adhesives Company, Lenoir, North Carolina, could not be 
certified as a secondarily affected worker group. The denial notice was 
published in the Federal Register on November 6, 2003 (68 FR 62832).
    The Department has obtained new information showing that the 
subject firm supplied adhesives to a furniture manufacturer whose 
workers were certified eligible to apply for TAA and the loss of 
business contributed importantly to worker separations at the Lenoir, 
North Carolina plant.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the facts obtained on reopening, I 
determine that workers of Southeastern Adhesives Company, Lenoir, North 
Carolina, qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under Section 
222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
revised determination:

    All workers of Southeastern Adhesives Company, Lenoir, North 
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from employment 
on or after September 2, 2002, through two years from the date of 
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under 
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 17th day of November 2003.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 03-29682 Filed 11-26-03; 8:45 am]

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