DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,891

PELTON CASTEEL, INC.
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate 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 26, 2001 in re-
sponse to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Pelton
Casteel, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Workers were engaged in
producing steel castings used in the assembly of trucks.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined to zero when the
Milwaukee plant closed permanently in February of 2001.
The investigation further revealed that Pelton Casteel,
Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, did not import articles that were
like or directly competitive with the articles produced at the
subject plant.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the sole
major customer of Pelton Casteel, Inc. regarding its purchases of
steel castings in 1999, 2000, and the first-quarter of 2001. The
survey revealed that the respondent reported no imports of steel
castings during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Pelton
Casteel, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of August, 2001.



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