DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,341

CARRIER ACCESS CORPORATION
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

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 in response to a petition
received on April 20, 2007 and filed on behalf of workers at
Carrier Access Corporation, Roanoke, Virginia. The workers were
engaged in support activities for an affiliated plant engaged in
the production of communications equipment and electronic units.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Carrier
Access Corporation, Roanoke, Virginia declined during the
relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the subject location
supported an affiliated production plant (Carrier Access
Corporation, Boulder, Colorado) that is under an existing Trade
Adjustment Assistance certification. Those workers produced
communications equipment and electronic units. The plant was
certified on the basis of customer imports of contributing
importantly to the layoffs at the facility.
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 subject facility are
over 50 years of age or older and do not possess skills that are
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 communications equipment and
electronic unit products produced by the firm 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 Carrier Access Corporation, Roanoke,
Virginia who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 19, 2006 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 15th day of May, 2007.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance