DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,356

HOWDEN BUFFALO, INC.
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

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 March 28, 2003 and filed by the International Union,
United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW), Local 1235 on behalf of workers at Howden Buffalo,
Inc., Springfield, Illinois. The workers produce industrial
fans.

The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
plant is related to a shift in plant production of industrial fans
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 Howden Buffalo, Inc., Springfield, Illinois
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 28, 2002 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 16th day of April 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance