DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,588

AMPHENOL RF
SEVERNA OPERATIONS
PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY


Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

By letter dated January 30, 2004, a petitioner requested
administrative reconsideration regarding Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The certification was signed on
January 15, 2004. The notice will soon be published in the
Federal Register.
The initial investigation determined that the skills of the
subject worker group are easily transferable to other positions
in the local area.
The petitioner alleges in the request for reconsideration
that the skills of the workers at the subject firm are not easily
transferable.
Additional investigation has determined that the workers
possess skills that are not easily transferable. A significant
number or proportion of the worker group are age fifty years or
over. Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers
at the subject firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of at Amphenol RF, Severna Operations,
Parsippany, New Jersey, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 18, 2002
through January 15, 2006, 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 4th day of February 2004.

/e/ Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,588

AMPHENOL RF
SEVERNA OPERATIONS
PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 19, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a State agency official on behalf
of workers at Amphenol RF, Severna Operations, Parsippany, New
Jersey. The workers produce machined plastic components; they are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales/production and
employment declined absolutely during the period of January through
October 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002.
The investigation also revealed that company imports of
machined plastic components increased during the period under
investigation.
In addition, 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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the

Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion (2) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the skills of the worker group
are easily transferable to other positions in the local area.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Amphenol RF,
Severna Operations, Parsippany, New Jersey, contributed importantly
to the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that facility. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Amphenol RF, Severna Operations, Parsippany,
New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 18, 2003, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
“I further determine that all workers of Amphenol RF, Severna
Operations, Parsippany, New Jersey, are denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.”
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 15th day of January 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance