DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,361

DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
OLD SAYBROOK, CONNECTICUT

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 on November 19, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Donaldson Company, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The workers
are engaged in employment related to the production of dust
collection equipment.
This investigation revealed that sales and employment at
the subject plant decreased during the period under
investigation.



The Department of Labor surveyed the sole customer of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of dust collection
equipment in 1999-2000 and January to October 2000-2001 time
periods. The respondent indicated that they reduced purchases
of dust collection equipment from the subject firm and increased
imports of same during the period under investigation.
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 those produced by Donaldson Company,
Inc., 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 Donaldson Company, Inc., who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
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 in Washington, D. C. this 11th day of March, 2002

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