[Federal Register: July 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 146)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-36,063]

 
Cobre Mining Company; Hanover, NM; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On July 7, 1999, the Department issued a Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration regarding the 
petition for workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on June 11, 1999, based on the finding that an unforeseen 
environmental mishap which rendered the continued mining and 
concentrating of copper impractical and unprofitable. Also, a survey 
conducted by the Department, revealed that major customers of the 
subject firm have not increased their purchases of imported copper 
concentrate, while reducing purchases from the subject firm. The denial 
notice was published in the Federal Register on June 30, 1999 (64 FR 
35183).
    On reconsideration, further information provided by the company 
revealed that the environmental mishap during March 1999, although a 
contributing factor, was not the only factor contributing to layoffs at 
the subject facility. The company during October 1998 revealed their 
intentions to close the Cobre mine by mid 1999. The investigation 
further revealed that the parent company increased their imports of 
copper concentrate during the relevant period. A group of workers at an 
affiliated mine of Phelps Dodge Corporation, located at Chino Mine, 
Santa Rita, New Mexico were certified on May 11, 1999 for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-35,806, based on increasing corporate 
imports of copper concentrate.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with copper concentrate contributed importantly to 
the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial 
separation of workers of Cobre Mining Company, Hanover, New Mexico. In 
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following 
certification:

    All workers of Cobre Mining Company, Hanover, New Mexico who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
April 1, 1998 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.

    Signed in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of July 1999.
Grant D. Beale,
Program Manager, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-19545 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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