DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,445

CITATION CORPORATION
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS
COMPASS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
GRAND RAPIDS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC 2813),
as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on June 2, 2008, applicable
to workers of Citation Corporation, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids,
Michigan. The notice was published in the Federal Register on
February 20, 2008 (73 FR 35164).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are
engaged in the production of precision machined aluminum castings
for engine and transmission components.
New information shows that due to a change in ownership in
March 2009, Citation Corporation is currently known as Compass
Automotive Group.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all
workers at the subject firm who were adversely affected due to
increased customer imports.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to
include workers of the subject firm whose Unemployment Insurance
(UI) wages are reported under the successor firm, Compass
Automotive Group.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-63,445 is hereby issued
as follows:
"All workers of Citation Corporation, currently known as
Compass Automotive Group, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 28, 2007, through June 2, 2010, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of April 2009

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

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,445

CITATION CORPORATION
GRAND RAPIDS
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN


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 in response to a petition
received on May 29, 2008 in response to a petition filed by company
official on behalf of workers of Citation Corporation Grand Rapids,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The workers produce precision machined
aluminum castings for engine and transmission components.
The investigation revealed that Citation Corporation Grand
Rapids, Grand Rapids, Michigan supplies component parts for
aluminum cast engine and transmission components, and at least 20
percent of its production or sales is supplied to a manufacturer
whose workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance.
In addition, 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 Citation Corporation
Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 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 Citation Corporation Grand Rapids, Grand
Rapids, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 28, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of June 2008


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








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