DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,851

NORGREN, INC.
MT. CLEMENS, MICHIGAN

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 requirements of 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 separated;

(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 March 19, 2001, in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Norgren, Inc., Mt. Clemens, Michigan. The workers produce components for automotive assembly lines.

The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been met.
The company did not import products like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject facility during the period in which the layoffs occurred.
Separations of workers at the subject firm are attributable to that portion of production which was transferred to other domestic facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Norgren, Inc., Mt. Clemens, Michigan, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 14th day of September, 2001


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