DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,870

CUMMINS, INC.
UNIVERSAL SILENCER
MONTELLO, WISCONSIN

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 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 22, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Cummins, Inc., Universal Silencer, Montello,
Wisconsin. The workers produce gas turbine inlet and exhaust
silencing systems.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the Montello plant decreased in 2001 compared with 2000 and
also declined in the first half of 2002 compared with the same
period of 2001.
The subject firm is replacing production of gas turbine
inlet and exhaust silencing systems at the Montello plant with
imports. These imports have been an important cause of
separations at the plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced by Cummins, Inc.,
Montello, Wisconsin, 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
Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Cummins, Inc., Universal Silencer,
Montello, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 2, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of September, 2002


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