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also intends to award a cooperative meeting is to provide potential 4. Support research and the collection
agreement to an organization(s) to applicants with the opportunity to ask of reliable data on child labor; and
conduct research on exploitive child questions concerning this Solicitation 5. Ensure the long-term sustainability
labor and forced labor in the carpet for Cooperative Agreement process. To of these efforts.
sectors of Nepal, Pakistan, and India. register for the meeting, please call or e- When working to eradicate exploitive
ILAB intends to solicit cooperative mail Ms. Doris Senko (Phone: 202–693– child labor, USDOL strives to
agreement applications from qualified 4843; E-mail: senko.doris@dol.gov) by complement existing efforts, to build on
organizations (i.e., any commercial, June 1, 2007. Please provide Ms. Senko the achievements of and lessons learned
international, educational, or non-profit with contact information including from these efforts, to expand impact and
organization capable of successfully name, organization, address, phone build synergies among actors, and to
developing and implementing child number, and e-mail address of the avoid duplication of resources and
labor and/or research projects) to attendees. efforts.
implement these projects. Please refer to Background Information: Since 1995, Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/ USDOL has supported technical April, 2007.
main.htm for examples of previous cooperation programming to combat Lisa Harvey,
notices of availability of funds and exploitive child labor internationally Grant Officer.
solicitations for cooperative agreement through the promotion of educational
[FR Doc. E7–7962 Filed 4–25–07; 8:45 am]
applications. opportunities for children-in-need. In
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Information on the specific sectors, total, the U.S. Congress has
geographical regions, and funding levels appropriated to USDOL over U.S. $595
for the potential projects in the million to support activities to combat
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
countries listed above will be addressed exploitive child labor internationally. In
in a solicitation(s) for cooperative turn, ILAB has signed cooperative Employee Benefits Security
agreement applications to be published agreements with various organizations Administration
prior to September 30, 2007. Potential to support international technical
applicants should not submit inquiries assistance projects to combat abusive 137th Meeting of the Advisory Council
to USDOL for further information on child labor in over 75 countries around on Employee Welfare and Pension
these award opportunities until after the world. Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting
USDOL’s publication of the USDOL international programming to
solicitations. For a list of frequently combat exploitive child labor through Pursuant to the authority contained in
asked questions on Solicitations for education seeks to nurture the Section 512 of the Employee Retirement
Cooperative Agreement Applications, development, health, safety, and Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29
please visit http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/ enhanced future employability of U.S.C. 1142, the 137th open meeting of
faq/faq36.htm. children around the world by the full Advisory Council on Employee
USDOL intends to hold a bidders’ withdrawing or preventing children Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans will
meeting on June 14, 2007, to answer from involvement in exploitive labor be held on May 11, 2007.
questions potential applicants may have and providing them with access to basic The session will take place in Room
on this Solicitation for Cooperative education, vocational training and other S–2508, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Agreement process. Please see below for services. Eliminating exploitive child Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
more information on the bidders’ labor depends, in part, on improving DC 20210. The purpose of the open
meeting. access to, quality of, and relevance of meeting, which will run from 1:45 p.m.
educational and training opportunities to approximately 4:30 p.m., is to swear
DATES: Key Dates: Specific solicitations in the new members, introduce the
for children under 18 years of age.
for cooperative agreement applications Council Chair and Vice Chair, receive
Without improving such opportunities,
will be published in the Federal an update from the Acting Assistant
children withdrawn from exploitive
Register and remain open for at least 30 Secretary of Labor for the Employee
forms of labor may not have viable
days from the date of publication. All Benefits Security Administration, and
alternatives to child labor and may be
cooperative agreement awards will be determine the topics to be addressed by
more likely to return to such work or
made on or before September 30, 2007. the Council in 2007.
resort to other hazardous means of
ADDRESSES: Submission Address: subsistence. Organizations or members of the
Applications, in response to International projects funded by public wishing to submit a written
solicitations published in the Federal USDOL to combat exploitive child labor statement may do so by submitting 25
Register, must be delivered to: U.S. seek to: copies on or before May 4, 2007 to Larry
Department of Labor, Procurement 1. Withdraw or prevent children from Good, Executive Secretary, ERISA
Services Center, 200 Constitution involvement in exploitive child labor Advisory Council, U.S. Department of
Avenue, NW., Room S–4306, Attention: through the provision of direct Labor, Suite N–5623, 200 Constitution
Lisa Harvey, Washington, DC, 20210. educational and training services; Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 2. Strengthen policies on child labor Statements received on or before May 4,
Lisa Harvey. E-mail address: and education, the capacity of national 2007 will be included in the record of
harvey.lisa@dol.gov. All inquiries institutions to combat child labor, and the meeting. Individuals or
should make reference to the USDOL formal and transitional education representatives of organizations wishing
Combating Child Labor Through systems that encourage working to address the Advisory Council should
Education—Solicitations for children and those at risk of working to forward their requests to the Executive
Cooperative Agreement Applications. attend school; Secretary or telephone (202) 693–8668.
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Bidders’ Meeting: A bidders’ meeting 3. Raise awareness of the importance Oral presentations will be limited to ten
is scheduled to be held in Washington, of education for all children and minutes, time permitting, but an
DC, at the Department of Labor on mobilize a wide array of actors to extended statement may be submitted
Thursday, June 14, 2007, from 9:30 a.m. improve and expand education for the record. Individuals with
to 11:30 a.m. The purpose of this infrastructures disabilities who need special

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accommodations should contact Larry DEPARTMENT OF LABOR eligibility to apply for alternative trade
Good by May 4 at the address indicated. adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older
Employment and Training workers.
Further, in accordance with section
Administration
512(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement The group eligibility criteria for the
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) [TA–W–60,753] ATAA program that the Department
and the provisions of the Federal must consider under Section 246 of the
Advisory Committee Act and its CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc.; Design Trade Act are:
implementing regulations issued by the and Product Development Department;
Earth City, MO; Determination 1. Whether a significant number of
General Services Administration (GSA), workers in the workers’ firm are 50
the charter for the Advisory Council on Regarding Eligibility To Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and years of age or older.
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit
Alternative Trade Adjustment 2. Whether the workers in the
Plans has been renewed.
Assistance workers’ firm possess skills that are not
The Advisory Council will report to easily transferable.
the Secretary of Labor. It will function On March 16, 2007, the Department
issued an Affirmative Determination 3. The competitive conditions within
solely as an advisory body and will
Regarding Application on the workers’ industry (i.e., conditions
operate in accordance with its charter
Reconsideration applicable to workers within the industry are adverse).
and with the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. For further and former workers of the subject firm. The ATAA investigation revealed that
information, contact Larry I. Good, The notice was published in the Federal a significant number of workers in the
Executive Secretary, Advisory Council Register on March 22, 2007 (72 FR workers’ at CERF Brothers Bag Co, Inc.,
on Employee Welfare and Pension 13526–13527). Design and Development Department,
The previous investigation initiated Earth City, Missouri are not 50 years of
Benefit Plans, U.S. Department of Labor,
on January 12, 2007, resulted in a age or older during the relevant time
200 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
negative determination issued on period and thus criterion (1) has not
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202)
February 16, 2007, was based on the been met.
693–8668. finding that the worker group was
Signed at Washington, DC this 20th day of engaged in distribution of products Conclusion
April, 2007. manufactured abroad and workers did
After careful review of the facts
Bradford Campbell, not produce an article within the
obtained in the investigation, I
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits meaning of Section 222 of the Trade Act
determine that increases of imports of
Security Administration. of 1974. The denial notice was
articles like or directly competitive with
[FR Doc. E7–7957 Filed 4–25–07; 8:45 am] published in the Federal Register on
prototypes and samples (carry bags,
February 27, 2007 (72 FR 8795).
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To support the request for daypacks, and cargo bags), produced by
reconsideration, the petitioner supplied CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc., Design and
additional information regarding a Product Development Department, Earth
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR City, Missouri, contributed importantly
specific department within the subject
firm and production performed by to the total or partial separation of
Employment and Training workers and to the decline in sales or
Administration workers of this department. The
petitioner stated that workers of Design production at that firm or subdivision.
and Product Development Department In accordance with the provisions of the
[TA–W–61,177] of the subject firm manufactured Act, I make the following certification:
samples for marketing purposes. Workers of CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc.,
Bartech Group, Inc., Anderson, IN; Upon further contact with the subject Design and Product Development
Notice of Termination of Investigation firm’s company official, it was revealed Department, Earth City, Missouri, engaged in
that workers employed at the CERF employment related to the production of
Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade
Brothers Bag Co., Inc., Design and prototypes and samples of carry bags,
Act of 1974, as amended, an daypacks, and cargo bags, who became
Product Development Department, Earth
investigation was initiated on March 26, totally or partially separated from
City, Missouri manufactured prototypes
2007 in response to a petition filed on employment on or after January 10, 2006,
and samples (carry bags, daypacks, and
behalf of workers of Bartech Group, Inc., through two years from the date of
cargo bags) and these workers were
Anderson, Indiana. certification are eligible to apply for
separately identifiable from other
The petition regarding the workers at the subject firm. adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
investigation has been deemed invalid. Having conducted a further the Trade Act of 1974.
The petition was signed by one investigation on reconsideration, it was
dislocated worker of the subject firm. A revealed that the subject firm ceased I also determine that workers of CERF
petition filed by workers requires three production of prototypes and samples Brothers Bag Co., Inc., Earth City,
signatures of workers at the subject firm. (carry bags, daypacks, and cargo bags) Missouri, excluding the Design and
Consequently, the investigation has manufactured by the Design and Product Development Department, are
been terminated. Product Development Department, denied eligibility to apply for
while increasing its reliance on adjustment assistance under Section 223
Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of of the Trade Act of 1974.
April, 2007. imported prototypes and samples from
2005 to 2006. I further determine that workers of
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Richard Church, In accordance with Section 246 the CERF Brothers Bag Co., Inc., Earth City,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as Missouri are denied eligibility to apply
Adjustment Assistance. amended, the Department of Labor for alternative trade adjustment
[FR Doc. E7–7967 Filed 4–25–07; 8:45 am] herein presents the results of its assistance under Section 246 of the
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