DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,805

STONE TRANSPORT
WORKING ON-SITE AT GENERAL MOTORS
LANSING METAL CENTER
LANSING, MICHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Trade 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 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 July 28, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a State agency representative on behalf of
workers of Stone Transport, working on-site at General Motors (GM),
Lansing Metal Center, Lansing, Michigan. The workers are
drivers/switchers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Stone Transport are
contracted to General Motors, Lansing Metal Center, Lansing,
Michigan, to transport scrap metal. General Motors, Lansing Metal
Center, Lansing, Michigan, produces sheet metal stampings and weld
assemblies for passenger vehicles. Workers of that firm were
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance under
petition number TA-W-58,888, issued on April 21, 2006. The
Department determined that there was a decline in employment and
production, and increased reliance on imports of articles like or
directly competitive with sheet metal stampings and weld assemblies
for passenger vehicles.
This investigation revealed that the number of employees of
Stone Transport, working on-site at General Motors, Lansing Metal
Center, Lansing, Michigan, is threatened to decline because the
plant is closing.
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.
Since the workers of General Motors, Lansing Metal Center,
Lansing, Michigan, are certified eligible to apply for ATAA, the
Department is extending that eligibility to the employees of Stone
Transport, working on-site at General Motors, Lansing Metal Center,
Lansing, Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with sheet metal stampings and weld
assemblies for passenger vehicles produced by General Motors,
Lansing Metal Center, Lansing, Michigan, 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:
"Workers of Stone Transport, working on-site at General
Motors, Lansing Metal Center, Lansing, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 19, 2005, 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 23rd day of August, 2006.



/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance