DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,828

CITIZENS GAS & COKE UTILITY
INDIANAPOLIS COKE
INDIANAPOLIS, 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
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 in response to a petition
received on February 19, 2002, and filed by the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1400 on behalf of workers
at Citizens Gas & Coke Utility, Indianapolis Coke, Indianapolis,
Indiana. The workers produce foundry and blast furnace coke.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from 1999 to
2000, and again from 2000 to 2001.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in imports of foundry coke 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 Citizens Gas &
Coke Utility, Indianapolis Coke, Indianapolis, 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 Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility, Indianapolis
Coke, Indianapolis, Indiana engaged in employment related to
the production of foundry and blast furnace coke, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 21, 2001, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 21st day of March, 2002.




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