DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,171

INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER OF ADRIAN AND
KELLY SERVICES
ADRIAN, MICHIGAN

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 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Inergy Automotive Systems, Adrian, Michigan
(Inergy). The workers produce blow molded fuel tanks.
The worker group also consisted of on-site leased workers
from Manpower of Adrian and Kelly Services.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Inergy
who are engaged in employment related to blow molded fuel
tanks meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Inergy have been separated based on
May 2009 employment levels compared to employment levels of
May 2008.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of blow
molded fuel tanks to Mexico by Inergy contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Inergy Automotive Systems,
Adrian, Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Inergy Automotive
Systems, Adrian, Michigan, who are engaged in employment related
to blow molded fuel tanks 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 Inergy Automotive Systems, Adrian,
Michigan, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
of Adrian and Kelly Services, 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 17th day of August, 2009.


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