DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,164

PRIMECAST, INC.
SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS

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 30, 2001, in response
to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America, Local
1533 on behalf of workers at PrimeCast, Inc., South Beloit,
Illinois. The workers were engaged in employment related to the
production of gray and ductile iron castings. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that sales decreased absolutely
during the relevant period.
The subject firm closed in March of 2001, causing worker
separations.
The investigation revealed that customers of the subject firm
have increased their foreign imports of gray and ductile iron
castings while reducing purchases from the subject firm.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed by the United Steelworkers of America, Local 1533 on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-4795).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases in imports of gray and ductile
iron castings that are like or directly competitive with those
produced at PrimeCast, Inc., South Beloit, Illinois, 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 Trade Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers at PrimeCast, Inc., South Beloit, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 12, 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 25th day of July, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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