DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,921

FEDERAL MOGUL CORPORATION
POWERTRAIN SYSTEMS
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS
OF KELLY SERVICES
PALMETTO TRAINING
AND PDS TECHNICAL SERVICES
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 September 23, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Federal Mogul
Corporation, Powertrain Systems, South Carolina. The workers at
the subject firm produce steel piston crowns.
The subject firm leased some of its production workers from
Kelly Services, Palmetto Training and PDS Technical Services.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined through August 2003.
The investigation also revealed that the subject facility
shifted production of steel piston crowns from Sumter, South
Carolina to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
In addition, 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 there is 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 Federal Mogul Corporation, Powertrain Systems,
including leased workers of Kelly Services, Palmetto Training
and PDS Technical Services, employed at Sumter, South Carolina
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after September 10, 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 10th day of October 2003

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