[Federal Register: September 27, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 186)]
[Notices]               
[Page 56494]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-56,546]

 
Westpoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as Westpoint Home, Inc., 
Scotland Plant, Wagram, NC; Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility 
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 
amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility 
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance on March 28, 2005, applicable to workers of the 
WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Scotland Plant, Wagram, North Carolina. The 
notice was published in the Federal Register on May 2, 2005 (70 FR 
22711).
    At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in the production of woven towel fabric.
    Information submitted to the Department shows that on August 8, 
2005, American Real Estate Partners purchased WestPoint Stevens, Inc. 
and is now known as WestPoint Home, Inc.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to 
reflect the new ownership.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Scotland Plant who were adversely 
affected by increased imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-56,546 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of WestPoint Stevens, Inc., Now Known as WestPoint 
Home, Inc., Scotland Plant, Wagram, North Carolina, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 
9, 2004, through March 28, 2007, 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 at Washington, DC, this 16th day of August, 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E5-5190 Filed 9-26-05; 8:45 am]

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