DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,488
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CONSTRUCTION
AND AKETON TECHNOLOGIES
SUBSIDARIES OF CH2M HILL
WORKING AT HEWLETT PACKARD
CORVALLIS, OREGON

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 investigation was initiated on May 24, 2006, in response
to a petition filed by state agency representative on behalf of
workers of Industrial Design Construction Incorporated and Aketon
Technologies Incorporated, subsidiaries of CH2M Hill working at
Hewlett Packard in Corvallis, Oregon. The workers provided on-site
mechanical and electrical utility routing, architectural design of
the production facility and utility equipment, utility maintenance,
project management and research for building systems improvements.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and there must be a
relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The
investigation revealed that although production of an article(s)
occurred within the firm or appropriate subdivision, the
infrastructure support workers described above do not support
this production. Thus, the worker group cannot be considered
import impacted or affected by a shift in production of an
article.
In addition, 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 assis-
tance (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 of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Industrial Design
Construction Incorporated and Aketon Technologies Incorporated,
subsidiaries of CH2M Hill working at Hewlett Packard in
Corvallis, Oregon 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.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 28th day of June 2006

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