DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,464

U.C.A. HOLDINGS
TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
UTICA DIVISION
WHITESBORO, NEW YORK

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 investigation was initiated on November 6, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a state workforce representative on
behalf of workers at U.C.A. Holdings, Turbine Engine Components
Technologies Corporation, Utica Division, Whitesboro, New York.
The workers at the subject firm produce jet engine fan blades.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm decreased from 2001 to 2002 and
again during the period of January through October of 2003 compared
to the same period in 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of jet engine fan
blades during the period from 2001 to 2002 and of January through
October 2003 compared to the same period in 2002. The survey
revealed the major customer increased its reliance on imports of
jet engine fan blades during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that the increased reliance on imports
of articles like or directly competitive with jet engine fan blades
produced at the subject firm by the subject firm's major customer
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 U.C.A. Holdings, Turbine Engine Components
Technologies Corporation, Utica Division, Whitesboro, New York
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after October 27, 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 16th day of December, 2003

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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