DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,305

ABBOTT AMBULATORY INFUSION SYSTEMS
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

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 eligibility 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 October 29, 2001, filed on behalf of workers at Abbot Ambulatory Infusion Systems, San Diego, California. The workers produce portable infusion pumps and cassettes used in intravenous equipment. The workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject firm declined in January-September 2001 compared with the same period in 2000.

The investigation further revealed that company imports of cassettes increased in the same relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with cassettes produced by Abbot Ambulatory Infusion Systems, San Diego, California, 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 of Abbot Ambulatory Infusion Systems, San Diego, California, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after October 9, 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 9th day of November, 2001.




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