DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,437

U.S. VANADIUM CORPORATION
NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK

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 29, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the company official on behalf of
workers and former workers of U.S. Vanadium Corporation, Niagara
Falls, New York. The workers are engaged in the production of
vanadium.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment levels at the subject firm decreased during the
relevant period. U.S. imports of vanadium increased throughout
the recent period. The ratio of imported vanadium to U.S.
production exceeded 700% in the most recent full year 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 vanadium produced at U.S.
Vanadium Corporation, Niagara Falls, New York 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 U.S. Vanadium Corporation, Niagara Falls,
New York who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 10, 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 28th day of June, 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance