DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,357

CONSOL ENERGY
RENO LAKE MINE
SESSER, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on November 1, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers Consol Energy,
Reno Lake Mine Sesser, Illinois. The workers at the subject firm
mine coal.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import coal from 2000 to 2001 as well as during the period of
January through October 2002, when compared to the same period in
2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of coal. This survey revealed
negligible imports of coal during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Consol
Energy, Reno Lake Mine, Sesser, Illinois, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 20th day of December, 2002.



/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance