DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,187
FLOWLINE DIV., MARKOVITZ ENTERPRISES, INC.
NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 March 25, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the company official on behalf of
workers and former workers of Flowline Division, Markovitz
Enterprises, Inc., New Castle, Pennsylvania. The workers are
engaged in the production of stainless steel pipe fittings.
The investigation revealed that sales at the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period. Employment declines
occurred in the same period.
A survey conducted by the Department of Labor revealed that
major customers of the subject firm increased their purchases of
imported pipe fittings while decreasing purchases from the
subject firm during the relevant period.

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 steel pipe fittings produced at
Flowline Division, Markovitz Enterprises, Inc., New Castle,
Pennsylvania 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 Flowline Division, Markovitz Enterprises,
Inc., New Castle, Pennsylvania who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 18,
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 in Washington, D. C. this 31st day of May, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance