[Federal Register: September 16, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 179)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-54,494]

 
Jones and Vining, Inc., Lewiston, ME; Notice of Revised 
Determination

    The State of Maine requested administrative reconsideration 
regarding Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The request 
was made because the Department certified the workers of the subject 
firm regarding only eligibility to apply for worker adjustment 
assistance. The certification was signed on April 13, 2004. The notice 
was published in the Federal Register on May 24, 2004 (69 FR 29578):
    The Department issued the limited certification because it did not 
investigate if workers met the eligibility requirement of Alternative 
Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), since a copy of the request for 
determination of eligibility to apply for the ATAA program for Older 
Workers was not attached to the petition.
    Because the State provided documentation that a request for ATAA 
consideration was properly submitted, an investigation was conducted to 
determine if workers are eligible to apply for ATAA.
    The investigation revealed that a significant number of workers at 
the firm are age 50 or over and possess skills that are not easily 
transferable and that competitive conditions within the industry are 
adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers at the subject 
firm.
    In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

``All workers of Jones and Vining, Inc., Lewiston, Maine, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after March 10, 
2003 through April 13, 2006, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also 
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed in Washington, DC this 7th day of September 2004.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-20865 Filed 9-15-04; 8:45 am]

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