DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,074

EAGLE COMPRESSOR
HICKMAN, KENTUCKY

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009, on behalf of workers of Eagle
Compressor, Hickman, Kentucky. The workers produce air
compressors which are sold to consumers and contractors. The
petitioner alleges that workers have been affected by a shift
in production to China.
The investigation revealed that workers of Eagle
Compressor, who are engaged in employment related to
production of air compressors meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because all workers of the
subject firm were separated from employment in the first
quarter of 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Eagle Compressor
has shifted to a foreign country the production of air
compressors to China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the
production of air compressors to China contributed importantly
to worker separations at Eagle Compressor.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Eagle Compressor,
Hickman, Kentucky, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of air compressors 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 Eagle Compressor, Hickman, Kentucky, 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 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 22nd day of June, 2009.


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