Corrected Copy: 7/2/2008


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,419

ANSONIA COPPER AND BRASS, INC.
ANSONIA DIVISION
ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT

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 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 May 21, 2008 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Ansonia Copper and Brass, Inc., Ansonia Division, Ansonia,
Connecticut. The workers produce non-ferrous rod, bar, and wire
products.
Workers of the subject facility were certified eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance on December 7, 2005 (TA-W-
58,222). That certification expired on December 7, 2007.
The investigation revealed that employment and sales declined
from January-April 2007 to January-April 2008.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s primary
customers regarding their purchases of non-ferrous rod, bar, and
wire products in 2006, 2007, January-April 2007, January-April
2008. The survey revealed an increase in customer imports in the
relevant period.
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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with non-ferrous rod, bar, and wire
products produced at Ansonia Copper and Brass, Inc., Ansonia
Division, Ansonia, Connecticut, 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 Ansonia Copper and Brass, Inc., Ansonia
Division, Ansonia, Connecticut, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 8,
2007 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 27th day of June 2008
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance