DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,038

CORNING, INC.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SEGMENT
OPTICAL FIBER DIVISION
CONCORD PLANT
CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA

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 September 3, 2002, and filed by the company on behalf
of workers at Corning, Inc., Telecommunications Segment, Optical
Fiber Division, Concord Plant, Concord, North Carolina. The
workers at the subject firm produce optical fiber.


The investigation revealed that Corning, Inc.'s corporate wide
sales decreased during the relevant period, and sales and
production for the Telecommunications Segment decreased absolutely
during the relevant period.
Furthermore, employment at the subject firm decreased during
the relevant period.
The investigation revealed no imports of optical fiber by the
subject firm.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing aggregate United States imports of fiber
optic cable during the period under investigation.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed by the company on behalf of
workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-6465).


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 the subject
firm 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 Corning, Inc., Telecommunications Segment,
Optical Fiber Division, Concord Plant, Concord, North
Carolina, engaged in employment related to the production of
optical fiber, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 12, 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 4th day of October, 2002.



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