DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,530

QUALITY CONSULTING AND INSPECTION SERVICES, INC.
WORKERS AT GATES CORPORATION
AIR SPRINGS DIVISION
DENVER, COLORADO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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 March 18, 2004, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Quality Consulting and Inspection Services, Inc., Deer Trail,
Colorado, working at Gates Corporation, Air Springs Division in
Denver, Colorado. These workers provide quality control services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Quality Consulting
and Inspection Services, Inc., were contracted to work on-site at
Gates Corporation from 2000-2004 to provide quality control
services. Workers of Gates Corporation, Air Springs Division,
Denver, Colorado, were certified eligible to apply for trade
adjustment assistance and alternative trade adjustment assistance
under petition number TA-W-53,647, which expires on December 15,
2005.
The investigation revealed that employment of the workers of
Quality Consulting and Inspection Services, Inc. declined as a
result of the shift of production from Gates Corporation, Air
Springs Division in Denver, Colorado to Mexico.
The petitioner also requested consideration for alternative
trade adjustment assistance (ATAA). Since the workers of Gates
Corporation, Air Springs Division in Denver, Colorado, are
certified eligible to apply for ATAA, the Department is extending
that eligibility to the employees of Quality Consulting and
Inspection Services, Inc., working at Gates Corporation, Air
Springs Division.












Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that a shift of production to Mexico of
the shock absorbers produced by Gates Corporation, Air Springs
Division, Denver, Colorado, contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers at Quality Consulting and Inspection
Services, Inc. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"Workers employed by Quality Consulting and Inspection
Services, Inc., working at Gates Corporation, Air Springs
Division, Denver, Colorado, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 15, 2003, through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of April 2004.


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