DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,964

THE POPE CORPORATION
SUBSIDIARY OF FAG KUGELFISCHER
TAYLOR, MICHIGAN

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 May 24, 2004 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers at The Pope Corporation,
subsidiary of FAG Kugelfischer, Taylor, Michigan. The workers at
the subject firm produced spindles for machine tool use.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined from 2002 to 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of spindles. The survey
revealed an increased reliance on import purchases of spindles by
the subject firm's customers during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that an increase in reliance on imports
of articles like or directly competitive with spindles produced by
the subject firm 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 The Pope Corporation, subsidiary of FAG
Kugelfischer, Taylor, Michigan who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 21, 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."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 13th day of July, 2004.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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