DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,160

EDWARD VOGT VALVE COMPANY
A BRANCH OF FLOWSERVE
JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA


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 21, 2002 and filed by workers on behalf of
workers at Edward Vogt Valve Company, a branch of Flowserve,
Jeffersonville, Indiana.
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 sales and
production at the subject company declined from 2000 to 2001 and
also from January through October of 2002 when compared with the
same period in 2001.
The investigation also revealed that imports by the subject
company increased 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 Edward Vogt
Valve Company, a branch of Flowserve, Jeffersonville, Indiana
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 Edward Vogt Valve Company, a branch of
Flowserve, Jeffersonville, Indiana 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of December 2002



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