[Federal Register: April 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 82)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,065]

 
Paris Accessories, Inc.; Walnutport, PA; 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, as amended 
(19 U.S.C. 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for 
worker adjustment assistance.
    In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a 
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance, 
the group

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eligibility requirements in either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of 
section 222 of the Trade Act must be met. It is determined in this case 
that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of section 222 have been met.
    The investigation was initiated on March 21, 2006 in response to a 
petition filed by a union official on behalf of workers at Paris 
Accessories, Inc., Walnutport, Pennsylvania. The workers were engaged 
in the production of knit dickies, knit hats, ski band and ski masks.
    Employment at the subject plant has declined, and the subject firm 
has shifted the production of knit dickies, knit hats, ski band and ski 
masks to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a Free Trade Agreement 
and the Dominican Republic, a beneficiary country under the Caribbean 
Basin Economic Recovery Act with the United States.
    Paris Accessories, Inc., Walnutport, Pennsylvania workers were 
previously certified (TA-W-54,465) for trade adjustment assistance. 
That certification expires on April 21, 2006.
    In addition, in order for the Department to issue a certification 
of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of 
Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has determined 
in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
conclude that there was a shift in production from the workers firm or 
subdivision to Mexico and Dominican Republic of articles that are like 
or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or 
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:

    ``All workers at Paris Accessories, Inc., Walnutport, 
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after April 22, 2006 through two years from the 
date of certification 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 in Washington, DC this 7th day of April, 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-6409 Filed 4-27-06; 8:45 am]

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