DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,529

FEDERAL MOGUL COPORATION
BEARINGS-ST.JOHNS DIVISION
ST. JOHNS, MICHIGAN

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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 17, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by the International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW), Region 1C and Local 925, on behalf of workers at
Federal Mogul Corporation, St. Johns, Michigan. The workers at
the subject facility produce bushings and washers for
automotive, heavy truck and aerospace applications; they are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The (UAW) indicated that the workers were in the Powertrain
Systems Division of the subject firm. The investigation
determined that the workers are in the Federal Mogul's Bearings-
St. Johns Division.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
firm declined from 2002 to 2003.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject facility is related to a shift of bushings and washers
for automotive, heavy truck and aerospace applications to a
country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement with
the United States.
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 workers in the workers'
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico 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 Federal Mogul Corporation, Bearings-St.
Johns Division, St. Johns, Michigan who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 15,
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



I further determine that all workers of Federal Mogul
Corporation, Bearings-St. Johns Division, St. Johns, Michigan
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 16th day of April 2004

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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