DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,966

CRANE RESISTOFLEX
BAY CITY, MICHIGAN

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on August 19, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Crane Resistoflex, Bay City, Michigan.
The workers are engaged in the production of plastic-lined
pipes, fittings, and valves. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject company does not
import plastic-lined pipes, fittings, or valves.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers for the periods of 2000, 2001, January-
August 2001 and January-August 2002. The survey revealed no
increased customer reliance upon import purchases during the
periods of sales and employment decline at the subject company.
The investigation also revealed that the predominant cause
of worker separations at the subject company was a domestic
transfer of production to an affiliated facility.



Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Crane
Resistoflex, Bay City, Michigan, are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 9th day October 2002.



/s/Richard Church__________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance