DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,514

NUTONE, INC
COPPELL, TEXAS

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 January 9, 2001 and filed on behalf of workers at
Nutone, Inc., Coppell, Texas. The workers were engaged in
activities related to the production of range hoods. The workers
are not separately identifiable by product line.
Workers at the subject plant were certified for NAFTA-
Transitional Adjustment Assistance benefits on January 28, 2000
(NAFTA - 3655).



The investigation revealed that the subject plant closed in
February of 2000 separating all workers.
The major contributing factor to the layoffs at the subject
plant is related to a shift in all plant production abroad and the
simultaneous importing of range hoods back to the United States.
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 range hoods 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 Nutone, Inc., Coppell, Texas who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 21, 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 25th day of January, 2001


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