[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4675]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-35,148]


Martin-Decker/Totco, Williston, ND; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reopening

    In response to a letter of February 5, 1999, from a petitioner 
requesting administrative reconsideration of the Department's denial of 
TAA for workers of the subject firm, the Department reopened its 
investigation for the former workers of Martin-Decker/Totco, Williston, 
North Dakota.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on December 29, 1998, because the workers did not produce an 
article as required for certification under Section 222 of the Trade 
Act. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on January 
25, 1999 (64 FR 3721).
    By letter of February 5, 1999, a petitioner provided additional 
information to demonstrate that the workers were engaged in employment 
related to oil field drilling services and that revenues and employment 
declined at the subject firm during the relevant time period. Aggregate 
U.S. imports of crude oil and natural gas increased in the period 
January through October, 1998, compared to the same time period one 
year earlier. The declines in revenues and employment resulted from a 
decreased demand for exploration and drilling activities from oil 
industry clients due to the increase in U.S. oil and gas imports.

Conclusion

    After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on reopening, 
it is concluded that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with greige goods produced by the subject firm contributed 
importantly to the decline in revenues and to the total or partial 
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following revised 
determination:

    All workers of Martin-Decker/Totco, Williston, North Dakota who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
October 20, 1997, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance 
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, D.C. this 11th day of February 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-4675 Filed 2-24-99; 8:45 am]
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