DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,093

WULFRATH REFRACTORIES, INC.
TARENTUM, PENNSYLVANIA

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 in response to a petition
received on April 23, 2001 and filed by the United Steelworkers of
America, Local 9445-03, District 10 on behalf of workers at
Wulfrath Refractories, Inc., Tarentum, Pennsylvania. The workers
were engaged in activities related to the production of dolomitic
refractory products. The workers are not separately identifiable
by product line.
Subject plant sales, production and employment declined during
the relevant period.



The company increased their reliance on imported refractory
products during the relevant period.
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 refractory products 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 certifications:
"All workers of Wulfrath Refractories, Inc., Tarentum,
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 10, 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 26th day of April, 2001


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