DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,186

TRW AUTOMOTIVE US LLC
COMMERCIAL STEERING DIVISION
LEBANON, TENNESSEE

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 September 21, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by an authorized representative on
behalf of workers of TRW Automotive US LLC, Commercial Steering
Division, Lebanon, Tennessee. The workers produce steering gears
for commercial vehicles.
The investigation also revealed that cessation of operations
occurred on October 22, 2007.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
supplied steering gears used in the production of commercial
vehicles and at least 20 percent of its production or sales are
supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance.
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 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 TRW Automotive US LLC,
Commercial Steering Division, Lebanon, Tennessee, 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 TRW Automotive, Commercial Steering Division,
Lebanon, Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 20, 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 eligible to apply for alternative trade adjust-
ment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 13th day of November 2007.

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