DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,088

EVANS RULE COMPANY, INC.
A DIVISION OF L.S. STARRETT COMPANY, INC.
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

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, 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 9, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Evans Rule Company, Inc., a division of L.S. Starett Company, Inc.,
Charleston, South Carolina. The workers produce handtools and
measuring tapes. They are not separately identifiable by product
line.
Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for TAA under petition TA-W-56,543, which expired on March 7, 2007.

The investigation revealed that declines in employment at the
subject facility are related to a shift in production of handtools
and measuring tapes to a country named as a beneficiary under the
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
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 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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to the Dominican Republic 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 Evans Rule Company, Inc., a division of L.S.
Starett Company, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 8, 2007 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 at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of April, 2007


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance