DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,954

KIDDE RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL
A DIVISION OF WALTER KIDDE PORTABLE EQUIPMENT, INC.
A DIVISION OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

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, 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 3, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Kidde Residential & Commercial, a division of Walter Kidde Portable
Equipment, Inc., a division of United Technologies Corporation,
Colorado Springs, Colorado. The workers of the subject facility
produce carbon monoxide sensors.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the Colorado Springs facility will decline absolutely upon the
facility's shutdown which is expected to occur on April 26, 2006.
The subject firm will shift all production of carbon monoxide
sensors to China upon the subject facility's shutdown. The
majority of sensors produced at the Chinese facility will be
imported to the United States.
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 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 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 Kidde Residential & Commercial, a division of
Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc., a division of United
Technologies Corporation, Colorado Springs, Colorado who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 1, 2005 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 20th day of April 2006.


/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance