DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,130

LAKEVIEW FORGE COMPANY
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 investigation was initiated on November 15, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of
America, Local 3199-09, on behalf of the workers at Lakeview
Forge Company, in Erie Pennsylvania.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined from 2000 to 2001 and also from January
through October of 2002 when compared to the same time period in
2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of steel forgings. This
survey revealed increases in customer imports of steel forgings
during the relevant time 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 those produced at Lakeview
Forge Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to
the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of the Lakeview Forge Company, in Erie
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 18, 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."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 16th day of December, 2002.

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