DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,564
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION (OMC)
ANDREWS, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-38,564A
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION (OMC)
BURNSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-38,564B
OUTBOARD MARINE CORPORATION (OMC)
SPRUCE PINE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 January 22, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Outboard
Marine Corporation (OMC), Andrews, Burnsville, and Spruce Pine,
North Carolina. Workers were engaged in employment related to
the production of marine products, primarily outboard motors and
parts.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment has been filed
on behalf of workers at the subject facility (NAFTA-4439).
The present investigation revealed that production at the
subject firm has ceased.
United States imports of engines for outboard motors
increased from 1999 to 2000. The ratio of imports to sales of
domestic production increased from 48.8 percent in 1999 to 54.4
percent in 2000.
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 outboard motors produced at Outboard
Marine Corporation (OMC), Andrews, Burnsville, and Spruce Pine,
North Carolina, 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 Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC), Andrews,
Burnsville, and Spruce Pine, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 5, 2000, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 30th day of April, 2001.

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