DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,737

SEVERN TRENT SERVICES, INCORPORATED
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES GROUP
FIELDALE, VIRGINIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 222 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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on July 1, 2002 and filed on behalf of workers at Severn
Trent Services, Inc., Environmental Services Group, Fieldale,
Virginia. The workers provided wastewater treatment services to
Henry County Public Service Authority's wastewater treatment
facilities.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Severn Trent
Services, Inc., Environmental Services Group, Fieldale, Virginia do
not produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(3) of the
Act. The Department of Labor has consistently determined that the
performance of services does not constitute production of an
article, as required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, and
this determination has been upheld in the U. S. Court of Appeals.
Therefore, workers of Severn Trent Services Inc., Environmental
Services Group, Fieldale, Virginia may be certified only if their
separation was caused importantly by a reduced demand for their
services from a parent firm, a firm otherwise related to the
subject firm by ownership, or a firm related by control. In any
case, the reduction in demand for services must originate at a
production facility whose workers independently meet the statutory
criteria for certification and the reduction must directly relate
to the product impacted by imports. These conditions have not been
met for workers at Severn Trent Services, Inc., Environmental
Services Group, Fieldale, Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Severn
Trent Services, Inc., Environmental Services Group, Fieldale,
Virginia 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
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance