DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,388

DRESSER-RAND COMPANY
PAINTED POST OPERATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SUPERIOR DESIGN AND MADI
PAINTED POST, NEW YORK

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), 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 (TAA), 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 on October 30, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by Industrial Division of the
Communications Workers of America Local 313 on behalf of workers
of Dresser-Rand Company, Painted Post Operation, Painted Post,
New York. The workers at the subject firm produce reciprocating
air compressors and component parts.
The investigation revealed that there is a threat of a
decline in employment at the subject firm.
Production at the subject firm declined from January
through September 2007, over the corresponding 2006 period.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm has
increased its reliance on imported reciprocating air compressors
and component parts during the relevant period.
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 facility 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 during the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with reciprocating air compressors
and component parts produced by Dresser-Rand Company, Painted
Post Operation, Painted Post, New York, 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 Dresser-Rand Company, Painted Post
Operation, Painted Post, New York including on-site leased
workers from Superior Design and MADI who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 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, 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 25th day of January, 2008

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