DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,425

TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE
LIGONIER, INDIANA

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 December 10, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Tenneco Automotive, Ligonier, Indiana. The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of automotive
exhaust components.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject plant decreased during the period under
investigation.
The Department of Labor surveyed the major customer of the
subject firm regarding its purchases of car exhaust components in
2000 and 2001. The respondent indicated that they reduced
purchases from the subject firm and increased imports in the
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 those produced by Tenneco
Automotive, Ligonier, Indiana, 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 Tenneco Automotive, Ligonier, Indiana, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 26, 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 8th day of March, 2002



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