DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,521

JRL ENTERPRISES, INC.
FALCONER, NEW YORK

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.
The investigation was initiated on December 3, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of JRL Enterprises, Inc., Falconer, New York. The workers
produce motors and gearboxes for transit system vehicles. The
workers are not separately identifiable by article.
The investigation revealed that sales and production at the
subject firm declined in January through November 2007 when
compared with the same period in 2006. Furthermore, a significant
number or proportion of workers at the subject firm are threatened
to become separated from employment.
The Department of Labor surveyed the entity to which the
subject firm submitted a bid to produce motors during the relevant
period. The survey revealed that the project was awarded to a
foreign firm that is shipping the motors to the United States.
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 who 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 motors and gearboxes produced by
JRL Enterprises, Inc., Falconer, 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 JRL Enterprises, Inc., Falconer, New York, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 28, 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 workers of JRL Enterprises, Inc.,
Falconer, New York 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 14th day of January 2008


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