DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,648

BREEZE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS CORPORATION
SALTSBURG, 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 in response to a petition
received on June 17, 2002, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Breeze Industrial Products Corporation,
Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. The workers produce hose clamps.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined during the relevant period.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's larger
customers revealed that respondents increased their purchases of
imported hose clamps while decreasing purchases from the subject
firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with hose clamps produced at Breeze
Industrial Products Corporation, Saltsburg, Pennsylvania
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and
to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Breeze Industrial Products Corporation,
Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 13, 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 26th day of August 2002.


/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance