DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,682

SANBORN COLORADO LLC
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 24, 2003, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Sanborn
Colorado LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado. The workers produced
digital maps.
Plant employment decreased in May-September 2002 compared to
the same period in 2001.
The company shifted a meaningful portion of digital map
production to a foreign country and simultaneously increased their
imports of these products back to the United States during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to India, New Zealand, and Poland
of articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and there has been or
is likely to be an increase in imports of like or directly
competitive articles. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Sanborn Colorado LLC, Colorado Springs,
Colorado who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 23, 2002 through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of May, 2003

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance