DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,985

UNITED STATES PIPE & FOUNDRY CO., INC.
D/B/A U.S. CASTINGS
ANNISTON, ALABAMA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met - the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on June 10, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
United States Pipe & Foundry Co., Inc. d/b/a U.S. Castings,
Anniston, Alabama. The workers at the subject firm produced grey
and ductile iron castings.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely during the
period of January through May of 2003, when compared to the same
period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
grey and ductile iron castings increased absolutely during the
relevant period.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with grey and ductile iron castings
produced at United States Pipe & Foundry Co., Inc. d/b/a U.S.
Castings, Anniston, Alabama contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of United States Pipe & Foundry Co., Inc. d/b/a
U.S. Castings, Anniston, Alabama who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 2, 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 June, 2003

/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance