Royal Home Fashions Plant No. 6, Henderson, NC; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration, 6458 [E5-461]

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• Employment and Training Administration
• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 24 (Monday, February 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 6458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-461]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-55,691]


Royal Home Fashions Plant No. 6, Henderson, NC; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of November 22, 2004, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative 
determination regarding eligibility for workers and former workers of 
the subject firm to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The denial notice was 
signed on October 25, 2004 and published in the Federal Register on 
November 12, 2004 (69 FR 65462).
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) If it appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a mis-
interpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of the 
decision.
    The TAA petition, filed on behalf of workers at Royal Home 
Fashions, Plant No. 6, Henderson, North Carolina engaged in production 
of bedding (sheets, pillow cases, comforters, shams, etc.) was denied 
because it was determined that the declines in employment at the 
subject firm were predominantly caused by unrelated to imports 
circumstances.
    The petitioner alleges that the petitioning group of workers was in 
direct support of the Royal Home Fashions manufacturing facilities 
known as Plant No. 4 and Plant No. 2 in Henderson, North Carolina. The 
workers of these facilities were certified eligible for TAA on July 15, 
2004 and August 24, 2004 respectively.
    A company official was contacted to verify whether workers at the 
subject facility were performing services for Plant No. 4 and Plant No. 
2 during the relevant period. The company official stated that the 
subject facility serves as a distribution and warehousing facility and 
is in direct support of production for Plants No. 2 and No. 4 in 
Henderson, North Carolina.
    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 of 
Royal Home Fashions, Plant No. 6, Henderson, North Carolina.
    The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the 
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
    1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 
50 years of age or older.
    2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are 
not easily transferable.
    3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry (i.e., 
conditions within the industry are adverse).
    The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been met. 
The investigation revealed that the work performed by the petitioning 
group are easily transferable to other positions in the commuting area.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
determine that increases of imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with articles produced by Royal Home Fashions, Henderson, 
North Carolina contributed importantly to the total or partial 
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at that 
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I 
make the following certification:

    All workers of the Royal Home Fashions, Plant 6, Henderson, 
North Carolina who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after September 24, 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 
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment 
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of January, 2005.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-461 Filed 2-4-05; 8:45 am]
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