DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,565

JOHNS MANVILLE CORPORATION
ENGINEERED PRODUCTS GROUP
VIENNA, VIRGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on August 15, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by United Steelworkers of America,
Local 22-G, on behalf of workers of Johns Manville, Engineered
Products Group, Vienna, Virginia. The workers on whose behalf the
petition was filed produced molded tackboard. These workers are not
separately identifiable from workers that produced other products
at the subject facility.
The investigation revealed sales and production decreased when
the subject plant closed in late 2002.
The Department conducted a survey of the major customer of the
subject facility regarding its purchases of molded tackboard. The
survey revealed that the respondent is purchasing its molded
tackboard from a foreign source instead of from the subject plant.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with molded tackboard produced at
Johns Manville, Engineered Products Group, Vienna, Virginia
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 Johns Manville, Engineered Products Group,
Vienna, Virginia who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 8, 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, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 16th day of September 2003.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance