DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,121

TITAN TIRES OF NATCHEZ
NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI

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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on April 30, 2001, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Titan Tire of Natchez,
Natchez, Mississippi. The workers were engaged in activities
related to the production of specialty tires.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firms major declining customer(s) regarding their purchases of
specialty tires during the relevant period. The respondent(s)
reported no imports of specialty tires during the relevant period.
The subject firm did not import specialty tires during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Titan
Tire of Natchez, Natchez, Mississippi, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of June 2001.


/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance