DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,237

ALSTOM POWER INCORPORATED
PERFORMANCE PROJECTS
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

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 July 8, 2003, in response
to a petition filed by International Brotherhood of Boilers, Local
656, on behalf of workers of ALSTOM Power, Inc., Performance
Projects, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The workers produced pressure
parts for utility and industrial boilers.
The investigation revealed the company shifted some production
from the subject facility to a country under free trade agreement
with the U.S. This shift in production resulted in layoff at the
subject facility.
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 ALSTOM Power, Inc., Performance Projects,
Chattanooga, Tennessee who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 3, 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 13th day of August 2003

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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