DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,450

A.O. SMITH
ELECTRICAL PRODUCTS CO.
LEXINGTON, TENNESSEE

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 17, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at A.O. Smith
Electrical Products Company, Lexington, Tennessee. The workers
were engaged in employment related to the production of
electrical motors for pumps, fans, and compressors.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant (NAFTA -
05643).
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject firm decreased in the period of January-November
2001 as compared with the same period in 2000.


The investigation also revealed that company imports of
electrical motors for pumps, fans, and compressors increased in
1999 and 2000 and in the period of January-November 2001 as
compared with the same period in 2000.
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 electrical motors for pumps, fans,
and compressors at A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company,
Lexington, Tennessee, 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
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of A.O. Smith Electrical Products Company,
Lexington, Tennessee, who became totally or partially sepa-
rated from employment on or after November 28, 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 28th day of January, 2002.

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