[Federal Register: November 12, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 218)]
[Notices]               
[Page 65459-65460]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,423]

 
Granville Hosiery, Inc. Oxford, NC; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated September 24, 2004 a company official requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding 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 
signed on August 26, 2004 was based on the finding that imports of 
men's, women's, and children's socks did not contribute importantly to 
worker separations at the subject plant and no shift of production to a 
foreign source occurred. The denial notice was published in the Federal 
Register on September 23, 2004 (69 FR 57093).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the company official 
supplied additional information. Upon further review of the initial 
investigation and contact with subject firm's largest customers, it was 
revealed that subject firm customers significantly increased their 
import purchases of socks while decreasing its purchases from the 
subject firm during the relevant period.
    It was further revealed that U.S. aggregate imports of socks 
increased significantly, while aggregate domestic production of socks 
decreased during the relevant period.
    In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply 
for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of Section 246 of 
the Trade Act must be met. The Department has determined in this case 
that the

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requirements of Section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.

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 Granville Hosiery, Inc., 
Oxford, North Carolina, 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 Granville Hosiery, Inc., Oxford, North Carolina, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after August 5, 2003 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, and are eligible to apply for 
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the 
Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 28th day of October 2004.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E4-3136 Filed 11-10-04; 8:45 am]

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