This document contains a final class exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and from certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The exemption permits transactions engaged in by a plan, in connection with the

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employee Benefits Security Administration

Notice of Termination of Investigation Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an investigation was initiated on November 17, 2003 in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, Brackenridge Works, Brackenridge, Pennsylvania.

The petitioning group of workers

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 Notice of Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on November 25, 2002, applicable to workers of EHVWeidmann Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Wicor Americas, St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The notice was

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 12, 2003 in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of F/V Exception, Homer, Alaska.

The petition regarding the investigation has been deemed invalid. In order to establish a valid worker group, there must

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 3, 2003, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of Fishing Vessel (F/V) Patricia Diann, Cordova, Alaska.

The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not separate or threaten to separate a

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 March 5, 2003, applicable to workers of Harting, Inc. of North America, Elgin, Illinois. The notice was published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2003 (68 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 October 24, 2003 in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of L.S. Starrett Company, Inc., Alum Bank, Pennsylvania.

The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not separate or threaten to separate a significant number or

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2273), and
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under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on September 11, 2003, applicable to workers of

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(C) an application for administrative reconsideration was filed with the Director of the Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance for workers at Paradise Fisheries, Kodiak, Alaska. The application contained no new substantial information which would bear importantly on the Department's determination. Therefore, dismissal

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 28, 2003 in response to a worker petition filed on behalf of workers at Tietex International, LTD, Rocky Mount Plant, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Further review of the petition and information provided by one of the petitioners, finds

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

Pursuant to section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, an investigation was initiated on November 7, 2003 in response to a worker petition which was filed on behalf of workers at Weidmann Systems International, Inc., St, Johnsbury, Vermont.

An active certification covering the petitioning group of workers is already in effect (TAW42,222A, as

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 30, 2003, applicable to workers of York International Corporation located in York, Pennsylvania. The notice was published in the Federal Register on November

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

Announcement Type: New. Notice of final designation procedures for grantees.

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA/DFA04100.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 17.265.

Key Dates: Deadline for Notice of Intent Part AJanuary 30, 2004. I. Funding Opportunity Description

Section 166 of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Employment and Training Administration

OSHA is revoking ``Respiratory Protection for M. Tuberculosis'' (29 CFR 1910.139) which is simply a recodification of OSHA's 1971 General Industry Respiratory Protection standard that was revised in 1998. At the time of the revision of the 1971 standard, OSHA decided that, because its proposed standard for occupational exposure to TB, published

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Treasury Department

OSHA is withdrawing its proposed standard on Occupational Exposure to 2Methoxyethanol (2ME), 2Ethoxyethanol (2EE), and their Acetates (2MEA, 2EEA) (four glycol ethers). Production and use of the four glycol ethers either have ceased or are virtually limited to ``closed systems'' where exposure levels more than 10 years ago already were at or below

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA is withdrawing its 1997 proposed standard on Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis (TB). Because of a broad range of Federal and community initiatives, the rate of TB has declined steadily and dramatically since OSHA began work on the proposal in 1993. Hospitals, which are the settings where workers are likely to have the highest risk of

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Treasury Department