DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,285

FAIRFIELD MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
LAFAYETTE, 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 in response to a petition
received on November 6, 2000 and filed by the United Auto Workers,
Local 2317 on behalf of workers at Fairfield Manufacturing Co.,
Inc., Lafayette, Indiana. The workers were engaged in activities
related to the production of custom gears and planetary devices.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that subject plant sales,
production and employment declined during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
custom gears and planetary devices during the relevant period. The
survey revealed that the respondents increased their imports of
custom gears and/or planetary devices, while decreasing their
purchases from the subject plant during 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 custom gears and/or planetary devices
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
certifications:
"All workers of Fairfield Manufacturing Co., Inc., Lafayette,
Indiana who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 16, 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 27th day of November, 2000

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