DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,764

DEVLIEG BULLARD II, INC.
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS BOURN AND KOCH INC.
SERVICES GROUP
MACHESNEY PARK, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or


II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on October 8, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at DeVlieg
Bullard II Inc., Services Group, Machesney Park, Illinois. The
workers at the subject firm produce machine repair parts; they
are separately identifiable by job function.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that Bourn and Koch Inc.,
purchased DeVlieg Bullard II Inc. and no employee separations
occurred as a result of the change in ownership.
The petitioners also requested consideration for ATAA. In
accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC 2813),
as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers DeVlieg
Bullard II Inc., Services Group, currently known as Bourn and
Koch Inc., Machesney Park, Illinois, engaged in employment
related to the production of machine repair parts are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 17th day of November 2004.

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