DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,200

WABASH ALLOYS, L.L.C.
BENTON, ARKANSAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 27, 2002 and filed on behalf of workers at
Wabash Alloys, L.L.C., Benton, Arkansas. The workers produce
aluminum ingots.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
plant is related to a shift in plant production of aluminum ingots
to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement
with the United States.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Wabash Alloys, L.L.C., Benton, Arkansas who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 25, 2001 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of January 2003.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance