DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-61,855

COLORADO CUSTOM HARDWARE
CHADRON SHOP
CHADRON, NEBRASKA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), 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 July 23, 2007 in response to a
petition filed on behalf of workers of Colorado Custom Hardware,
Chadron Shop, Chadron, Nebraska. Workers at the subject firm
produced alien rock climbing cams.
Employment and production at the subject firm declined
absolutely with the cessation of operations in April 2007.
Company imports of alien rock climbing cams increased from
2005 to 2006.
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 assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion 1 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there is not a significant
number of workers in the workers' firm that are 50 years of age
or older.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with alien rock climbing cams produced
at Colorado Custom Hardware, Chadron Shop, Chadron, Nebraska
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 Colorado Custom Hardware, Chadron Shop,
Chadron, Nebraska who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 17, 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
"I further determine that all workers of Colorado Custom
Hardware, Chadron Shop, Chadron, Nebraska are denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of September 2007


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