DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,429

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
ASICS PRODUCT DIVISION (APD)
FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

The Department adopted a new interpretation regarding the
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) program in order to
provide equitable access to ATAA for worker groups whose petitions
were still in process at the time of implementation of the ATAA
program on August 6, 2003. Under this new interpretation, worker
groups covered by the certification of a petition that was in
process on August 6, 2003 may request ATAA consideration for the
certified worker group. In addition, certified worker groups who
filed petitions after that date may also request ATAA if the
petition did not include an option to apply for ATAA. The request
must be made to the Department and may be made by anyone who was
entitled to file the original petition under section 221(a)(1) of
the Act.
By letter dated January 11, 2005, a company official requested
ATAA consideration for workers at the subject firm located in Fort
Collins, Colorado.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246(a)(3)(A) of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements have
been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject worker group
possesses skills that are not easily transferable in the local
area, and that at least five percent of the workforce at the
subject firm is at least fifty years of age. Industry data show
that competitive conditions within the semiconductors and related
devices industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained on investigation, I
conclude that the requirements of Section 246(a)(3)(A) of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers at the subject
firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Agilent Technologies, ASICS Product Division
(APD), Fort Collins, Colorado who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 21, 2002 through
September 5, 2005 are eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended.”
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 27th day of June 2005

/s/ Linda G. Poole

_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,429

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
ASICS PRODUCT DIVISION (APD)
FORT COLLINS, 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 in response to a petition
received on July 31, 2003, and filed on behalf of workers at
Agilent Technologies, ASICS Product Division (APD), Fort Collins,
Colorado. The workers produced assembled integrated circuit flip-
chip packages and bumped silicon integrated circuit wafers.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment
at the subject firm are related to the subject firm shifting its
production of assembled integrated circuit flip-chip packages to
a facility in the Philippines, and its production of bumped
silicon integrated circuit wafers to a facility in Korea, and
subsequently importing those products into the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers’ firm or subdivision to the Philippines and Korea
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 Agilent Technologies, ASICS Product Division
(APD), Fort Collins, Colorado, who were engaged in the
production of assembled integrated circuit flip-chip packages
and bumped silicon integrated circuit wafers and who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 21, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 5th day of September 2003.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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



May want to list the specific citation to the group eligibility requirements.
May want to list the specific citation to the group eligibility requirements.