DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,523

MINNESOTA TWIST DRILL
CHISHOLM, MINNESOTA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Trade 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 July 2, 2001, in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Minnesota Twist Drill, Chisholm, Minnesota. The workers are engaged in employment related to the production of high-speed drill bits.
This investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject plant decreased during the period under investigation.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of high speed drill bits in the 1999-2000 and January to August, 2000-2001 time periods.
Respondents indicated that they reduced purchases from the subject firm and either increased imports absolutely or increased their reliance on imports.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with those produced by Minnesota Twist Drill, Chisholm, Minnesota, 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 Minnesota Twist Drill, Chisholm, Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 19, 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 6th day of February, 2002

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