DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,784

DOUTT TOOL, INC.
VENANGO, 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 a company official on behalf
of workers at Doutt Tool, Inc., Venango, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce punches, dies and machine parts and are not separately
identifiable by product line.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined absolutely from 2000 to 2001, and again in
January through June of 2002 when compared with the same period in
2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customer(s) regarding purchases of punches, dies and machine parts.
This survey revealed increases in imports of punches, dies and
machine parts during the period under investigation.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-6343).


















Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with punches, dies and machine parts
produced at Doutt Tool, Inc., Venango, 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 Doutt Tool, Inc., Venango, Pennsylvania
engaged in employment related to the production of punches,
dies and machine parts, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 19, 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 30th day of August, 2002.



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