DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,618

VELAN VALVE CORPORATION
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF VELAN VALVE, INC.
WILLISTON, VERMONT

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 April 28, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by the International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers, Local 2704 on behalf of the workers at Velan
Valve Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Velan, Inc.,
Williston, Vermont. The workers at the subject facility produce
cast steel globe valves and forged gate valves; 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 cast steel
globe valves 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 determine 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 the Velan Valve Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Velan, Inc., Williston, Vermont, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 27, 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 30th day of May, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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