DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,916

WALKER BAY BOATS INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF ORCAM HOLDINGS LIMITED
OPERATIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS PERSONNEL AND
SELECTIVE EMPLOYMENT
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON

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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on August 21, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Walker Bay Boats Incorporated, a subsidiary of Orcam Holdings,
Operations Division, Yakima, Washington. The workers produce
inflatable and plastic hull boats.
The investigation revealed Walker Bay Boats Incorporated also
employed leased workers from Express Personnel and Selective
Employment.
The investigation also revealed that the preponderance of
declines in employment at the subject facility is related to a
shift in production of inflatable and plastic hull boats to a
country (Mexico) that is party to a free trade agreement with 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.
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 was a shift in production from the
workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles like or directly
competitive with inflatable and plastic hull boats produced by
Walker Bay Boats Incorporated, a subsidiary of Orcam Holdings,
Operations Division, Yakima, Washington. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Walker Bay Boats Incorporated, a subsidiary of
Orcam Holdings, Operations Division, Yakima, Washington,
including on-site leased workers from Express Personnel and
Selective Employment, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 19, 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 11th day of September 2008


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