DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,380

SENIOR OPERATIONS, INC.
SENIOR FLEXONICS PATHWAY DIVISION
OAK RIDGE SITE
OAK RIDGE, TENNESSE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated February 27, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Senior Operations, Inc., Senior Flexonics Pathway Division, Oak
Ridge Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The workers at the subject
facility produce expansion joints and piping.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility decreased from 2002 to 2003 and also declined in January
through February of 2004 compared to the same period in 2003.
The preponderance of declines in employment is related to a
shift in production of piping to China. It is anticipated that
imports of piping will increase.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive those produced at the subject facility
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:


"All workers of Senior Operations, Inc., Senior Flexonics
Pathway Division, Oak Ridge Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 26, 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, 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 25th day of March 2003.


/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance