DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,007

PRIME TANNING COMPANY
HARTLAND, MAINE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009, by the State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Prime Tanning Company, Hartland, Maine (Prime
Tanning Company). The workers produce leather for the
upholstery, shoe, and apparel industry. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Prime Tanning
Company who are engaged in employment related to leather meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers have been separated from the
subject firm in January through March 2009 compared with the
corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of leather by Prime Tanning Company have
decreased absolutely in January through March 2009 compared
with the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with leather produced by
Prime Tanning Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of leather by customers of Prime Tanning
Company contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Prime Tanning
Company.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Prime Tanning
Company, Hartland, Maine, who are engaged in employment related
to leather meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Prime Tanning Company, Hartland, Maine,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 18, 2008, through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on the
date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of November, 2009



/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance