DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,627

HOLLAND COMPANY
HAYS, KANSAS

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.



The investigation was initiated on January 22, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by workers at Holland Company, Hays,
Kansas. The workers were responsible for welding pieces of rail
together to be used for railroad tracks.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Investigative findings revealed that sales and production
increased from 2000 to 2001.
The subject firm was under a two-year contract with Union
Pacific to weld pieces of rail together that would be used for
railroad tracks. All the requirements of the contract were met
during the two-year period and the contract ended. Imports were
not a factor.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Holland Company, Hays, Kansas, are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 20th day of February 2002.


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