DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,425

RBC NICE BEARINGS, INC.
KULPSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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), as amended, 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 18, 2006 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of RBC
Nice Bearings, Inc., Kulpsville, Pennsylvania. The workers
manufactured ball bearings.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the subject firm declined in January through April 2006, when
compared to the same period of 2005.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of ball
bearings in full year 2004, full year 2005, and the periods of
January through April 2005 and January through April 2006. The
survey revealed imports of ball bearings during the period under
investigation.
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 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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with ball bearings produced at RBC
Nice Bearings, Inc., Kulpsville, Pennsylvania, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of RBC Nice Bearings, Inc., Kulpsville,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 5, 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 21st day of June 2006

/s/ Linda G. Poole

____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance