DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,820

TENNECO, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS PERSONNEL AND EMPLOYMENT PLUS
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

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 January 7, 2009 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Tenneco,
Inc., Evansville, Indiana. The workers produced automotive
exhaust systems.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Express Personnel and Employment Plus.
The investigation revealed that the Evansville facility
shut down on December 19, 2008.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm
supplied component parts utilized in the production of
automotive vehicles, and at least 20 percent of its sales are
supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance.
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.,
Evansville, Indiana, 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 Tenneco, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Express Personnel and Employment Plus,
Evansville, Indiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 6, 2008,
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 16th day of January 2009

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