DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,113

ERAMET MARIETTA INCORPORATED
NORTH PLANT
MARIETTA, OHIO

Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening


On December 22, 2000, the Department, on its own motion,
reopened its investigation for workers and former workers at the
subject firm in Marietta, Ohio.
The initial petition filed with the Department on behalf of
workers of Eramet Marietta Incorporated, North Plant, Marietta,
Ohio, was denied on November 21, 2000. The investigation
revealed that the "contributed importantly" criterion of the
worker group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, was not met. The notice was published
in the Federal Register on December 21, 2000 (65 FR 80457).
By letter dated, December 15, 2000, the company informed the
Department that the subject firm has begun importing manganese
metal.
Conclusion
After careful consideration of the new facts obtained on
reopening, it is concluded that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with manganese metal contributed
importantly to the decline in sales and to the total or partial
separation of workers at the subject firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Trade Act of 1974, I make the following
revised determination:
"All workers of Eramet Marietta Incorporated, North Plant,
Marietta, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 11, 1999, through two
years from the date of this certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974."

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of December 2000.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance