This notice revises our (MSHA Approval and Certification Center (A&CC)) user fees. Fees compensate us for the costs that we incur for testing, evaluating, and approving certain products for use in underground mines. The 2003 fees are based on our actual expenses for fiscal year 2002. The fees reflect changes both in our approval processing

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Mine Safety and Health Administration

This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).

Written Comments and Hearing Requests

All interested

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or
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the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).

A notice was published in the Federal Register of the pendency before

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

The Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration (ESA) is proposing to revise forms LM2, LM3, and LM4, which are used by labor organizations to file the annual financial reports required under title II of the LaborManagement Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended (LMRDA or Act) with ESA's Office of LaborManagement Standards

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Veterans Affairs Department

General wage determination decisions of the Secretary of Labor are issued in accordance with applicable law and are based on the information obtained by the Department of Labor from its study of local wage conditions and data made available from other sources. They specify the basic hourly wage rates and fringe benefits which are determined to

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment Standards Administration

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an investigation was initiated on November 1, 2002, in response to a worker petition filed on behalf of workers at HaemerWright Tool & Die, Inc., Saegertown, Pennsylvania.

The petitioning group of workers have been determined eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

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 September 30, 2002, applicable to workers of Pfaltzgraff Company, also known as Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, located in York, Pennsylvania. The notice was published in

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

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 October 4, 2002, applicable to workers of Sonoco Products Company, Santa Maria Plant, Santa Maria, California. The notice was published in the Federal Register on

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance for workers (TAW) issued during the period of December, 2002.

In order for an affirmative determination to be made and a certification of

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

Pursuant to Title V of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103182) concerning transitional adjustment assistance, hereinafter called NAFTATAA and in accordance with Section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273), an investigation was initiated on October

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

In accordance with section 250(a), subchapter D, chapter 2, Title II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273), the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for NAFTATransitional Adjustment Assistance on September 10, 2002, applicable to workers of Pfaltzgraff Company, also known as Susquehanna

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

This document corrects errors that appeared in MSHA's preamble for Emergency Evacuations; Emergency Final Rule.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Mine Safety and Health Administration

The following parties have filed petitions to modify the application of existing safety standards under section 101(c) of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
1. Mallie Coal Company, Inc.

[Docket No. M2002102C]

Mallie Coal Company, 8442 Hwy. 6, Corbin, Kentucky 40701 has filed a petition to modify the application of 30 CFR

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Mine Safety and Health Administration

On May 25, 2001, the Department of Labor (DOL) published interim final regulations that governed its responsibilities under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended (EEOICPA or Act). The Act provides lumpsum payments and medical benefits to covered employees and, where applicable, to survivors of such

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Workers’ Compensation Programs Office

This notice announces the application of NSF International for expansion of its recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory under 29 CFR 1910.7, and presents the Agency's preliminary finding. This preliminary finding does not constitute an interim or temporary approval of the application.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Occupational Safety and Health Administration

In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on June 11, 2002, applicable to workers of Biljo, Inc., located in Dublin, Georgia. The notice was published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2002 (67 FR

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an investigation was initiated on November 8, 2002 in response to a worker petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Chamco, Equipment LTD, Vancouver, Washington.

The petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn. Consequently, the investigation has

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an investigation was initiated on October 21, 2002, in response to a worker petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at Dixon Ticonderoga Company, Inc., Sandusky Division, Sandusky, Ohio.

The subject firm requested that the existing petition be terminated. Consequently,

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

On December 4, 2002, the Department, on its own motion, reopened its investigation for the former workers of the subject firm.

The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination issued on December 13, 2001, because the ``contributed importantly'' test of the Group Eligibility Requirements of the Trade Act was not met for workers

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

The Department of Labor (the Department), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

Pursuant to Title V of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103182) concerning transitional adjustment assistance, hereinafter called NAFTATAA and in accordance with section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273), an investigation was initiated on September

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

Pursuant to Title V of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103182) concerning transitional adjustment assistance, hereinafter called NAFTATAA and in accordance with section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273), an investigation was initiated on September

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

Pursuant to Title V of the North American Free Trade Agreement [[Page 78255]]
Implementation Act (Pub. L. 103182) concerning transitional adjustment assistance, hereinafter called NAFTATAA and in accordance with section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273), an investigation was

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration