DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,097

HYDRO CARBIDE, INC.
LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 International Union, United
Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW), Local 204, on behalf of workers of Hydro
Carbide, Inc., Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The workers produce
rotary tool blanks, rods and preforms. Workers are not
separately identifiable by article.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hydro Carbide,
Inc., who were engaged in employment related to the production
of rotary tool blanks, rods and preforms, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of rotary tool blanks, rods and preforms by
Hydro Carbide, Inc. have declined absolutely in the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with rotary
tool blanks, rods and preforms produced by Hydro Carbide, Inc.
have increased. A Department of Labor survey of customers of the
subject firm revealed that a major customer reduced purchases
from the subject firm from 2007 to 2008 and in January through
May 2009 compared with the same period in 2008, and has
increased imports of a like product.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of rotary tool blanks, rods and preforms
and or articles like or directly competitive by customers of
Hydro Carbide, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at rotary tool
blanks, rods and preforms.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hydro Carbide, Inc.,
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 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 Hydro Carbide, Inc., Latrobe,
Pennsylvania, 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 12th day of January, 2010

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance