DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-38,968
LINCOLN BRASS WORKS, INC.
WAYNESBORO, 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 9, 2001 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Lincoln Brass Works,
Inc., Waynesboro, Tennessee. Workers at the subject firm
produce gas valves.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined in 2000 compared with 1999, and continued
to decline in the first-quarter of 2001.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of a major
customer of the subject firm regarding its purchases of gas
valves in 1999, 2000, and the first-quarter of 2001. The survey
revealed that the respondent sharply increased its imports of gas
valves during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increased imports from offshore of
articles like or directly competitive with gas valves produced at
Lincoln Brass Works, Inc., Waynesboro, Tennessee, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Lincoln Brass Works, Inc., Waynesboro,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 23, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 7th day of June, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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