DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,588

GUY BROWN PRODUCTS
LASER CARTRIDGE DIVISION
CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
its 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 February 16, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by the TAA Coordinator of State of
California on behalf of workers of Guy Brown Products, Laser
Cartridge Division, Chatsworth, California. The workers at the
subject firm remanufactured laser toner cartridges.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject plant is related to a shift in plant production of
remanufactured laser toner cartridges to a country (China). The
company simultaneously increased their imports during the
relevant period.
In accordance with Section 246 of 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 addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
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 China 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 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 Guy Brown Products, Laser Cartridge
Division, Chatsworth, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 16,
2004, 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 9th day of March 2005.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance