DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,236

PACE INDUSTRIES PUGET DIVISION, INC.
FIRCREST, WASHINGTON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on October 23, 2000, and filed on behalf of workers at
Pace Industries Puget Division, Inc., Fircrest, Washington. The
workers produce aluminum die casts for telecommunication and
harmonic lightwave housing.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject plant in the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the major
customer of the subject firm regarding purchases of aluminum die
castings. The results of the survey revealed that the major
customer increased its purchases of imported aluminum die
castings in the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with aluminum die castings produced at Pace
Industries Puget Division, Inc., Fircrest, Washington contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Pace Industries Puget Division, Inc.,
Fircrest, Washington who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 6, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 14th day of December, 2000.

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