DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,601

ARVINMERITOR, INC.
EXHAUST DIVISION
FAYETTE, ALABAMA


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 January 22, 2002, and
filed on behalf of workers at ArvinMeritor, Inc., Exhaust
Division, Fayette, Alabama. The workers produced mufflers. These
mufflers were shipped to a sister plant to be assembled into
complete exhaust systems.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject firm during the relevant
period. ArvinMeritor, Inc., Exhaust Division, Fayette, Alabama,
has shifted production to a foreign location and increased its
imports of mufflers during 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 at ArvinMeritor,
Inc., Exhaust Division, Fayette, Alabama, contributed importantly
to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of ArvinMeritor, Inc., Exhaust Division,
Fayette, Alabama, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 21, 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 February 2002


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