DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,116

COGENT POWER, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CORUS AND SSAB
BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT

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 October 2, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Cogent Power, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus and SSAB Bridgeport,
Connecticut. The workers at the subject firm produced transformer
cores and electrical steel; they are not separately identifiable by
product line.
The subject firm closed on July 31, 2003.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in production of transformer cores and
electrical steel 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 Cogent Power, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus and
SSAB Bridgeport, Connecticut who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 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 10th day of November 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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