DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,721

STANDARD BOILER WORKS
LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination 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 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. The group eligibility requirements for
directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section 222(a) the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such workers'
separation or threat of separation and to the decline in
sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on December 5, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Standard
Boiler Works, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject
firm produce steel base plates, coupling guards, and other
components for industrial pumps, and are not separately
identifiable by products line.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II. B)
have not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import products it manufactures, nor did it shift production abroad
during 2001, 2002 or during January through June 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of steel base plates, coupling
guards, and other components for industrial pumps in 2001-2002 and
January through October, 2002-2003. The survey revealed
respondents did not increase imports while reducing purchases from
the subject firm during the relevant periods.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Standard Boiler
Works, Lebanon, Pennsylvania are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 6th day of January 2004

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