DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,084
HENRY PRATT COMPANY
DIXON, ILLINOIS

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 14, 2002 and filed by the New Jersey
Department of Labor on behalf of workers at Henry Pratt Company,
Dixon, Illinois. The workers produce water valves.
The investigation revealed that a significant portion of
workers at the subject company have been separated or are
threatened with separation from employment and that production at
the subject company declined absolutely during the relevant time
period.
The investigation also revealed that imports by the subject
company increased significantly during the period of production
decline at the firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with water valves produced at Henry
Pratt Company, Dixon, Illinois 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 Henry Pratt Company, Dixon, Illinois who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 7, 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 16th day of January 2003.


/s/Richard Church______________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance