DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,534

3M CENTER
COATED ABRASIVES AND INDUSTRIAL TAPE DIVISIONS
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

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 eli-
gibility 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 May 13, 2002, filed on behalf of workers at 3M Center,
Coated Abrasives Division and Industrial Tape Division, St. Paul,
Minnesota. The workers produced coated abrasives (heavyweight
sandpaper) and industrial tape.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in production and employment.
The investigation also showed that the subject firm has
increased its imports of coated abrasives (heavyweight sandpaper)
and industrial tape.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-6143).
A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with
this determination.
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 those produced by 3M Center, Coated
Abrasives and Industrial Tape Divisions, St. Paul, Minnesota,
contributed importantly to the decline in sales and 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 at 3M Center, Coated Abrasives and
Industrial Tape Divisions, St. Paul, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 22, 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 30th day of September 2002.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance