DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,057

EVANS RULE COMPANY, INC.
A DIVISION OF THE L. S. STARRETT COMPANY
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met – the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 12, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Evans Rule Company, a division of The L. S.
Starrett Company, Charleston, South Carolina. The workers at the
subject firm produce measuring tapes.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from fiscal year
2001 to 2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
measuring tapes increased absolutely during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with measuring tapes produced at Evans
Rule Company, a division of The L. S. Starrett Company, Charleston,
South Carolina contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production and
at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Evans Rule Company, a division of The L. S.
Starrett Company, Charleston, South Carolina who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 12, 2001 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of December, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance