DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,144

TOYO TANSO PA GRAPHITE, INC.
BROOKVILLE, 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 September 16, 2002, and filed by the company official
on behalf of workers at Toyo Tanso PA Graphite, Inc., Brookville,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce isomolded graphite for electrical
discharge machines.


The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined during the relevant time period.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed increases in imports of isomolded graphite for
electrical discharge machines during the relevant period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-7560).
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 Toyo Tanso PA
Graphite, Inc., Brookville, 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 Toyo Tanso PA Graphite, Inc., Brookville,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 28, 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 17th day of October, 2002.


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