DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,887

PALL LIFE SCIENCES
DIVISION OF GELMAN SCIENCES, INC.
ANN ARBOR, 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, 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 in response to a petition
received on January 08, 2009, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Pall Life Sciences, a Division of Gelman
Sciences, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan. The workers produce
filtration devices (laboratory and medical).
Workers at the subject firm were previously certified eligible
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance on March 2, 2007 (TA-W-
60,814). That certification expires March 2, 2009.
This investigation revealed that the subject firm anticipates
separating workers at the Ann Arbor plant.
The subject firm is continuing to shift production at the Ann
Arbor plant to Mexico, a country 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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:


"All workers of Pall Life Sciences, Division of Gelman
Sciences, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, who become totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 3, 2009,
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 13th day of February 2009


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