DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,720

NEW BOSTON COKE CORPORATION
NEW BOSTON, OHIO

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 24, 2002, and filed by United Steelworkers of
America, Local 2116 on behalf of workers at New Boston Coke
Corporation, New Boston, Ohio. The workers produced coke and coke
byproducts and are not separately identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely during the
relevant time period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of coke and coke byproducts.
This survey revealed increases in imports of coke and coke
byproducts during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at New Boston Coke
Corporation, New Boston, Ohio 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 the New Boston Coke Corporation, New Boston,
Ohio engaged in employment related to the production of coke
and coke byproducts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 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 10th day of September, 2002.


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