Adjustment assistance: ABB Vetco Gray, Inc.,

[Federal Register: December 9, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 236)]

[Notices]

[Page 69036-69037]

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[DOCID:fr09de99-102]

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-36, 138, 138A, and 138B]

ABB Vetco Gray, Inc., Houston, Texas, Bryan, Texas, Odessa, Texas' Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on July 14, 1999, applicable to workers of ABB Vetco Gray, Inc., Houston, Texas. The notice was published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1999 (64 FR 43724).

At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. New information shows that worker separations occurred at the Bryan and Odessa, Texas locations of ABB Vetco Gray, Inc. The Bryan and Odessa, Texas locations provide administrative support function services for ABB Vetco's production facility located in Houston, Texas. The workers were engaged in activities related to the production of oil well drilling equipment.

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The intent of the Department's certification is to include all workers of ABB Vetco Gray, Inc. who were adversely affected by increased imports.

Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to cover the workers of ABB Vetco Gray, Inc., Bryan and Odessa, Texas.

The amended notice applicable to TA-W-36,138 is hereby issued as follows:

``All workers of ABB Vetco Gray, Inc., Houston, Texas (TA-W- 36,138) Bryan, Texas (TA-W-36,138A) and Odessa, Texas (TA-W-36,138B) who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after April 20, 1998 through July 14, 2001 are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 233 of the Trade Act of 1974.''

Signed at Washington, DC this 19th day of November, 1999. Grant D. Beale, Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 99-31947Filed12-8-99; 8:45 am]

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