DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,345

SUNSPRING AMERICA, INC.
HENDERSON, KENTUCKY

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, 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.
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 November 4, 2008, in
response to a worker petition filed on behalf of workers of
Sunspring America, Inc., Henderson, Kentucky. The workers produce
faucets. Workers are not separately identifiable by specific
product.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the Henderson facility declined in January through October 2008
compared with the same period in 2007.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm had an
increased reliance on imports (from Taiwan) of products like or
directly competitive with faucets in January through October 2008
compared with the same period in 2007. The increased reliance on
imports contributed importantly to a decrease in production and
employment at the Henderson facility.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with faucets produced at Sunspring
America, Inc., Henderson, Kentucky 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 Sunspring America, Inc., Henderson, Kentucky,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after October 25, 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
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 4th day of December 2008


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