DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,668
TENNECO, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE WORKERS FROM ELITE STAFFING, INC
COZAD, NEBRASKA

TA-W-64,668A
TENNECO, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ELITE STAFFING, INC
MONROE, 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 of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on January 15, 2009,
applicable to workers of Tenneco, Inc., Cozad, Nebraska. The
notice was published in the Federal Register on February 2, 2009
(74 FR Number 5871). The Department issued an amended
certification on December 8, 2009, to include on-site leased
workers from Elite Staffing, Inc. The Notice of amendment will
soon be published in the Federal Register.
At the request of workers of Tenneco, Inc., Monroe, Michigan,
the Department reviewed the certification for workers of Tenneco
Inc., Cozad, Nebraska.
New information shows that workers from Tenneco, Inc., Monroe,
Michigan, provide management and administrative support to the
Tenneco, Inc., Cozad, Nebraska, location.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all
workers of the subject firm adversely affected as a supplier to a
trade certified primary firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include employees of Tenneco, Inc., Monroe,
Michigan.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-64,668 is hereby issued
as follows:
"All workers of Tenneco, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Elite Staffing, Inc., Cozad, Nebraska (TA-W-
64,668), and all workers of Tenneco, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Elite Staffing, Inc., Monroe, Michigan
(TA-W-64,668A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 12, 2007, through January 15,
2011, 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 15th day of December, 2009
/S/ DEL MIN AMY CHEN
_______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,668

TENNECO, INC.
COZAD, NEBRASKA

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 December 15, 2008 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Tenneco, Inc.,
Cozad, Nebraska. The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of shock absorbers. The workers are not separately
identifiable by products or division.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined during the relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that Tenneco, Inc., Cozad,
Nebraska, supplies shock absorber for trucks and sport utility
vehicles and a loss of business with a manufacturer of trucks and
sport utility vehicles whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the
separation or threat of separation of workers at Tenneco, Inc.,
Cozad, Nebraska.
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.
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 Tenneco, Inc., Cozad,
Nebraska, 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 Tenneco, Inc., Cozad, Nebraska, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 12, 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 15th day of January 2009

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance





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