DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,966

DEARBORN BRASS
21st CENTURY COMPANIES, INC.
TYLER, TEXAS

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 on behalf of workers at Dearborn Brass, 21st
Century Companies, Inc., Tyler, Texas. The workers produce metal
traps used in bathroom and kitchen fixtures.
The investigation revealed that sales, production 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.
Workers at the Tyler, Texas location are under an existing
certification under NAFTA - 04561 with an expiration date of
March 12, 2003.
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 metal traps used in bathroom and
kitchen fixtures at Dearborn Brass, 21st Century Companies, Inc.,
Tyler, Texas, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the follow-

ing certification:
"All workers of Dearborn Brass, 21st Century Companies,
Inc., Tyler, Texas, who became totally or partially sepa-

rated from employment on or after February 9, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of April, 2001.


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