DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,115

BASF CORPORATION
COATINGS DIVISION
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN

TA-W-57,115A

INCLUDING AN EMPLOYEE OF BASF CORPORATION, COATINGS DIVISION
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN
LOCATED IN MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Amended Notice of Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
on June 6, 2005, applicable to workers of BASF Corporation,
Coatings Division, Southfield, Michigan. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2005 (70 FR 37118).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information shows that a worker separation occurred involving an
employee of the Southfield, Michigan facility of the Coatings
Division of BASF Corporation located in Morganton, North
Carolina. Mr. Clifton Becktel provided research and development
support services for the production of automotive and industrial
coatings for the automotive industry at the Southfield, Michigan
location of the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include an employee of the Southfield, Michigan
Pennsylvania facility of the Coatings Division of BASF
Corporation located in Morganton, North Carolina.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of BASF Corporation, Coatings Division, Southfield,
Michigan, who were adversely affected by a shift in production to
Mexico and Canada.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-57,115 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of BASF Corporation, Coatings Division,
Southfield, Michigan (TA-W-57,115), including an
employee of BASF Corporation, Coatings Division,
Southfield, Michigan located in Morganton, North
Carolina (TA-W-57,115A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April
26, 2004, through June 6, 2007, are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974.”
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 4th day of August 2005.

/s/ Richard Church

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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,115

BASF CORPORATION
COATINGS DIVISION
SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment

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 May 4, 2005 in response to
a petition on behalf of workers of BASF Corporation, Coatings
Division, Southfield, Michigan. The workers of the subject firm
are engaged in employment related to the production of automotive
and industrial coatings for the automotive industry.




Findings of the investigation revealed that the employment
declines at the subject firm, are related to a shift in production
of automotive and industrial coatings to countries (Mexico and
Canada) that are parties to a free trade agreement with the United
States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there has been a shift in
production from the workers’ firm or subdivision to Mexico and
Canada of articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of BASF Corporation, Coatings Division,
Southfield, Michigan who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 26, 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.”
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of June 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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