DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,972

METOLIUS MOUNTAIN PRODUCTS
BEND, OREGON

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), 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.
This investigation was initiated on August 10, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Metolius Mountain Products, Bend, Oregon. The workers
produce rock climbing equipment.
The workers of the firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under TA-W-56,202, which expired
December 22, 2006.
Employment and production at the Bend facility have
declined in 2007.
The subject firm has increased imports of rock climbing
equipment in January through July 2007 compared with the same
period in 2006, replacing production at the subject facility.
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 one has not
been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility
does not have a significant number of workers who are age 50 and
above.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with rock climbing equipment
produced at Metolius Mountain Products, Bend, Oregon,
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 Metolius Mountain Products, Bend, Oregon,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 23, 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."
I further determine that all workers of Metolius Mountain
Products, Bend, Oregon, 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 25th day of September 2007.


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