[Federal Register: July 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 136)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

 
Request for Certification of Compliance--Rural Industrialization 
Loan and Grant Program

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration is issuing this 
notice to announce the receipt of two (2) individual ``Certification of 
Non-Relocation and Market and Capacity Information Reports'' (Form 
4279-2) for the following:
    Applicant/Location: Central Pork Packers, LLC/Cherokee, Iowa and 
Rock Rapids, Iowa.
    Principal Product/Purpose: The loan, guarantee, or grant 
applications are for two (2) new business ventures that plan to 
separately acquire for each location the infrastructure, building, and 
equipment needed for pork animal slaughtering. The NAICS industry code 
for both enterprises is: 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering.

DATES: All interested parties may submit comments in writing no later 
than July 29, 2008. Copies of adverse comments received will be 
forwarded to the applicant noted above.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Anthony D. 
Dais, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, 
200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room S-4231, Washington, DC 20210; or e-
mail Dais.Anthony@dol.gov; or transmit via fax (202) 693-3015 (this is 
not a toll-free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Dais, at telephone number 
(202) 693-2784 (this is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 188 of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act of 1972, as established under 29 CFR Part 75, 
authorizes the United States Department of Agriculture to make or 
guarantee loans or grants to finance industrial and business activities 
in rural areas. The Secretary of Labor must review the application for 
financial assistance for the purpose of certifying to the Secretary of 
Agriculture that the assistance is not calculated, or likely, to result 
in: (a) A transfer of any employment or business activity from one area 
to another by the loan applicant's business operation; or, (b) An 
increase in the production of goods, materials, services, or facilities 
in an area where there is not sufficient demand to employ the efficient 
capacity of existing competitive enterprises unless the financial 
assistance will not have an adverse impact on existing competitive 
enterprises in the area. The Employment and Training Administration 
within the Department of Labor is responsible for the review and 
certification process. Comments should address the two bases for 
certification and, if possible, provide data to assist in the analysis 
of these issues.

    Signed: at Washington, DC this 9th of July, 2008.
Gay M. Gilbert,
Administrator, Office of Workforce Investment, Employment and Training 
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-16145 Filed 7-14-08; 8:45 am]

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