[Federal Register: March 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 54)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

 
Request for Certification of Compliance--Rural Industrialization 
Loan and Grant Program

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this 
notice to announce the receipt of the following Form 4279-2, 
``Certification of Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information 
Report'' for the following:
    Applicant/Location: SteelCorr, LLC/Lowndes County, Mississippi.
    Principal Product: Hot Rolled, Pickled and Oiled, Cold Rolled, and 
Galvanized Steel Coils.
    Type of Business Activity: Steel.
    Section 188 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 
1972, as established under 29 CFR part 75, authorizes the United States 
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make or guarantee loans or grants 
to finance industrial and business activities in rural areas.
    As a prior condition for approval of any loan, guarantee, or grant 
requested under the program, the Secretary of Labor must certify to the 
Secretary of Agriculture that the assistance is not calculated to or 
likely to result in: (a) A transfer of any employment or business 
activity from one area to another by the loan applicant's business 
operation; or, (b) An increase in the production of goods, materials, 
services, or facilities in an area where there is not sufficient demand 
to employ the efficient capacity of existing competitive enterprises 
unless the financial assistance will not have an adverse impact on 
existing competitive enterprises in the area. The Employment and 
Training Administration (ETA) within the Department of Labor is 
responsible for the review and certification process.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas M. Dowd, U.S. Department of 
Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 200 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Room S-2307, Washington, DC 20210; Telephone: (202) 693-2700 (this 
is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All interested parties may submit comments 
in writing no later than fourteen (14) days after the publication of 
this Notice. Copies of adverse comments received will be forwarded to 
the applicant noted above.

    Dated: Signed at Washington, DC, this 18th day of March, 2005.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-5730 Filed 3-21-05; 8:45 am]

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