DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,675

EARL SOESBE COMPANY INCORPORATED
RENSSELAER, INDIANA

Negative Determination 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 requirementsof Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially sepa
rated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdi-vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appro-priate subdivision have contributed importantly
to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on February 12, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by United Steelworkers of America,
Local 6982, District 7 on behalf of workers at Earl Soesbe
Company, Incorporated, Rensselaer, Indiana. The workers produced
self-dumping steel hoppers.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Department surveyed the major declining customers of
Earl Soesbe Company, Inc. regarding their purchases of self-
dumping steel hoppers during January-August 1999 and January-
August 2000. The survey revealed that none of the respondents
increased their purchases of imports while decreasing their
purchases from the subject firm during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Earl
Soesbe Company, Incorporated, Rensselaer, Indiana are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 19th day of April, 2001

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance