DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,959

CARLISLE TIRE & WHEEL
CLINTON, TENNESSEE

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 April 2, 2001 in response
to a petition filed by workers on behalf of workers at Carlisle
Tire & Wheel, Clinton, Tennessee. The workers produce lawn and
garden tires.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased during the period under investigation. The investigation also revealed that the company imports
increased in the relevant period causing separations at the
subject plant.
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 lawn and garden tires produced by
workers at Carlisle Tire & Wheel, Clinton, Tennessee, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accor-

dance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Carlisle Tire & Wheel, Clinton, Tennessee, ,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 19, 2000, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-

tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of May, 2001.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance