DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,248

NAS INTERPLEX, INC.
FLUSHING, NEW YORK

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 April 8, 2002 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at NAS Interplex, Inc.,
Flushing, New York. The workers produce metal stampings for the
connector and electronics industries.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import metal stampings for the connector or electronics industries
during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed several of the subject firm's
customers regarding their purchases of metal stampings in 2000,
2001 and the periods from January through March of 2001 and 2002.
The survey revealed no increases in imports over the relevant
period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-6050).










Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at NAS
Interplex, Inc., Flushing, New York engaged in employment related
to the production of metal stampings for the connector and
electronics industries, are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 5th day of July, 2002.



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