DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,683

INTERNATIONAL COMFORT PRODUCTS CORPORATION (USA)
LEWISBURG, TENNESSEE

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 eligi-
bility 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 June 17, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, on
behalf of workers at International Comfort Products Corporation
(USA), Lewisburg, Tennessee. The workers produce air conditioner
condensing units, evaporator coils, air handlers, gas furnaces
and packaged products.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of air
conditioner condensing units, air handlers and gas furnaces and
packaged products domestically. The production of evaporator
coils will be shifted to Mexico, but will not be imported.
The investigation further revealed that the company did not
have a declining customer base during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
International Comfort Products Corporation (USA), Lewisburg,
Tennessee, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 21st day of August, 2002.

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