DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,252

A.O. SMITH ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY
PAOLI PLANT
PAOLI, INDIANA

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 on October 30, 2000 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at A.O. Smith
Electrical Products Company, (EPC), Paoli Plant, Paoli, Indiana.
The workers produce subfractional horsepower electrical motors
for home appliance evaporator units.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm decreased during the period under
investigation. The investigation also revealed that the company shifted its
subfractional horsepower electrical motors abroad. Company
imports increased in the relevant period causing separations at
the subject plant.
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 subfractional horsepower electrical
motors at A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company, (EPC), Paoli
Plant, Paoli, Indiana, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or 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 A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company,
(EPC), Paoli Plant, Paoli, Indiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 19,
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 22nd day of November, 2000.


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