DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,775

HUSSEY COPPER, LTD
LEETSDALE, 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 July 8, 2002, and filed by the United Steelworkers of
America, Local 8377, on behalf of workers at Hussey Copper, LTD,
Leetsdale, Pennsylvania. The workers produce copper bus bar,
roofing and architectural copper plate, sheet and strip.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined during the relevant period.

A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in imports of copper bus bar, roofing
and architectural copper plate, sheet and strip during the relevant
period.
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 Hussey Copper,
LTD, Leetsdale, 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 the Hussey Copper, LTD, Leetsdale,
Pennsylvania engaged in employment related to the production
of copper bus bar, roofing and architectural copper plate,
sheet and strip, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 21, 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 3rd day of September, 2002.

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