DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,902

SHIN-ETSU HANDOTI AMERICA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF VOLT AND KELLY TEMPORARY
SERVICES
VANCOUVER, 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 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 15, 2009 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Shin-Etsu
Handoti America, Inc., Vancouver, Washington. The workers produce
silicon wafers.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
facility declined in 2008 as compared with the previous year.
The investigation also revealed that Shin-Etsu Handoti
America, Inc., Vancouver, Washington, supplies silicon wafers for
computer chips and at least 20 percent of its production or sales
are supplied to manufacturers of computer chips whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 Shin-Etsu Handoti
America, Inc., Vancouver, Washington, are certified eligible 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 Shin-Etsu Handoti America, Inc., Vancouver,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 14, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 18th day of February 2009

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