DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,101

BONNEY FORGE CORPORATION
ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
AND

TA-W-38,101A
BONNEY FORGE CORPORATION
MT. UNION, PENNSYLVANIA

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reopening

On February 5, 2001, the Department, on its own motion,
reopened its investigation for the former workers of the subject
firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on December 18, 2000, because the
"contributed importantly" test of the Group Eligibility
Requirements of the Trade Act was not met for workers at the
subject firm. The workers produce steel fittings and o'let
valves. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register
on January 11, 2001 (66 FR 2450).
Criteria (1) and (2) of the worker group eligibility
requirements of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 were met.
Employment and sales decreased from FY 1999 to FY 2000.
New information was provided by one of the customers of the
subject firm, which warranted further investigation. Review of
all survey respondents and clarification of the information
received by the Department revealed that a major declining
customer of the subject firm increased import purchases of steel
pipe fittings while reducing purchases from Bonney Forge.
Conclusion
After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on
reopening, it is concluded that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with steel pipe fittings produced by
the subject firm contributed importantly to the decline in sales
and to the total or partial separation of workers of the subject
firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act of
1974, I make the following revised determination:
"All workers at Bonney Forge Corporation, Allentown,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-38,101), and Mt. Union, Pennsylvania,
(TA-W-38,101A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 29, 1999, 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 7th day of June 2001.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick


EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance