DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,375

U.S. REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, INC.
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT

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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on April 1, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at U.S. Repeating Arms Company, Inc., New
Haven, Connecticut. The workers produce wood parts for rifles
and shotguns.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the subject plant declined due to a shift in plant production of
wood parts to a foreign source during the relevant period.

The investigation further revealed that the company
increased their imports of wood parts for rifles and shotguns
during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of import of articles
like or directly competitive with wood parts for the production
of rifles and shotguns produced at U.S. Repeating Arms Company,
New Haven, Connecticut contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of U.S. Repeating Arms Company, Inc., New
Haven, Connecticut engaged in the production of wood parts
for rifles and shotguns who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 31, 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of April, 2003.


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