DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,817

DRIVE PLUS, INC.
AXLE PLANT
LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-56,817A

DRIVE PLUS, INC.
STEERING PLANT
LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And 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 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,
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 March 24, 2005 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Drive Plus, Inc., Axle Plant, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
56,817) and Drive Plus, Inc., Steering Plant, Lock Haven,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-56,817A). The workers at the subject firms were
engaged in the production of remanufactured CV drive axles (TA-W-
56,817) and workers engaged in the production of remanufactured
power steering components (TA-W-56,817A).
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II. B) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firms did not
import remanufactured CV drive axles or remanufactured power
steering components March 2005.
Furthermore, the subject firms did not shift the productions
of remanufactured CV drives axles or remanufactured power steering
components abroad during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firms' major
declining customers regarding their purchases of remanufactured CV
drive axles and remanufactured power steering components. This
survey revealed negligible imports of remanufactured CV drive axles
and no imports of remanufactured power steering components during
the relevant period.
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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained during this
investigation, I determine that workers of Drive Plus, Inc., Axle
Plant, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (TA-W-56,817) and Drive Plus, Inc.,
Steering Plant, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (TA-W-56,817A) are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of May 2005.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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