DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,231

CORNING INC.
TELEMCOMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS DIVISION
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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 April 8, 2002 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers and former workers of
Corning, Inc., Telecommunications Products Division, Wilmington,
North Carolina. The workers are engaged in the production of
optical fiber.
The investigation revealed that major layoffs and
significant sales declines at the subject firm occurred in the
fourth quarter of 2001. There are no company imports of optical
fiber.
U.S. imports of optical fiber like or directly competitive
with that made by the subject firm increased 118% in 2001.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with optical fiber produced at
Corning, Inc., Telecommunications Products Division, Wilmington,
North Carolina 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 Corning, Inc., Telecommunications Products
Division, Wilmington, North Carolina who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 5,
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 12th day of July, 2002.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Office Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance