DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-63,200
RANCO NORTH AMERICA
INVERSYS CLIMATE CONTROLS DIVISION
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS

Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on April 16, 2008, in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers of Ranco North America, Inversys
Controls Division, Brownsville, Texas. The workers formerly produced
air conditioning and refrigeration controls in Brownsville, but that
production was shifted to Mexico more than one year ago.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance on October 23, 2003 (TA-W-53,125). That
certification expired on October 23, 2005.
The investigation revealed that Ranco North America, Inversys
Controls Division, Brownsville, Texas, does not produce an article
within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be
considered eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification
(or on whose behalf certification is being sought) must work for a
"firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces an article in the
United States and there must be a relationship between the workers'
work and the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The workers do not support a firm or appropriate
subdivision that produces an article domestically and thus the worker
group cannot be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in
production of an article.
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 worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be
certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that all workers of Ranco North America, Inversys Controls
Division, Brownsville, Texas, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and
are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 7th day of May 2007


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