DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,678

KEYSTONE POWDERED METAL COMPANY
ST. MARY'S DIVISION
ST. MARY'S, 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 an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 28, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Keystone Powdered Metal Company, St. Mary's Division,
St. Mary's, Pennsylvania. The workers produced powdered metal
parts.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the St. Mary's Division have all declined from
2005 through 2006.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm
supplied powdered metal parts, and at least 20 percent of its
sales or production went to a manufacturer whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 workers of Keystone Powdered
Metal Company, St. Mary's Division, St. Mary's, Pennsylvania,
qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under Section
222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Keystone Powdered Metal Company, St. Mary's
Division, St. Mary's, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
28, 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 24th day of January 2007

/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance