Barry Callebaut Usa, Incorporated, Van Leer Division, Jersey City, New Jersey; Notice of Negative Determination on Remand

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration [TA-W-37,000 and NAFTA-3402] The United States Court of International Trade (USCIT) granted the Secretary of Labor's motion for a voluntary remand for further investigation in Former Employees of Barry Callebaut v. Herman, United States Secretary of Labor, No. 00-05-00202. The Department's initial denial of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for the workers producing chocolate and ingredients at Barry Callebaut Usa, Inc., was based on the finding that criterion (3) of the group eligibility requirements of section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not met. The decision was signed on December 12, 1999, and published in the Federal Register on December 28, 1999 ( 64 FR 72691 ). The Department's initial denial of North American Free Trade Agreement-Transitional Adjustment Assistance (NAFTA-TAA) for the same worker group, was based on the finding that criteria (3) and (4) of paragraph (a)(1) of the group eligibility requirements of Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, were not met. The notice was issued on November 15, 1999, and published in the Federal Register on February 4, 2000 ( 65 FR 5691 ). The petitioners request for reconsideration of the Department's negative determinations for TA-W-37,000 and NAFTA-3402, resulted in a negative determination on the application, which was issued on March 6, 2000, and published in the Federal Register on March 15, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 13991). On remand, the De…