DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,953

EATON CORPORATION, FILTRATION DIVISON
FORMERLY KNOWN AS RPA TECHNOLOGIES
PORTAGE, MICHIGAN

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, 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.
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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on August 8, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Eaton Corporation, Filtration Division, Portage,
Michigan. The subject firm was acquired by Eaton Corporation and
was formerly know as RPA Technologies before September, 2006.
The workers at the subject firm produce filters and filtration
systems. They are not separately identifiable by articles
produced.
This investigation revealed that the decline in employment
at the subject firm is related to a shift in production of
filters and filtration systems to Mexico, a country that is
party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
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.
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 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 there has been a shift in
production from Eaton Corporation, Filtration Division, Portage,
Michigan to Mexico of articles that are like or directly
competitive with the filters and filtration systems produced by
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Eaton Corporation, Filtration Division,
Portage, Michigan who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 6, 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 23rd day of August 2007

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