DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,339

WELLSVILLE FIREBRICK COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL REFRACTORIES AND MINERALS CO.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONAL REFRACTORIES HOLDING CO.
WELLSVILLE, MISSOURI

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 on March 27, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by company official on behalf of workers at
Wellsville Firebrick Company, a subsidiary of National Refractories
and Minerals Co., a subsidiary of National Refractories Holding
Co., Wellsville, Missouri. The workers at the subject facility
produced firebricks; they are not separately identifiable by
product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of firebricks
to a country (Canada) 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 Canada 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 Wellsville Firebrick Company, a subsidiary of
National Refractories and Minerals Co., a subsidiary of
National Refractories Holding Co., Wellsville, Missouri who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 26, 2002 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 in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of April, 2003

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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