DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,209

AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
JERRY RUN FACILITY
BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc., Jerry Run Facility,
Bridgeport, West Virginia. The workers produce float glass.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Jerry Run
facility who are engaged in employment related to production
of float glass meet the criteria as suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers in the workers' firm have become separated due to
the closure of the facility.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of the
Jerry Run Facility produced and sold float glass to AGC Flat
Glass North America, Inc. in Bellefontaine, Ohio to be
incorporated into automotive safety glass. Workers of the AGC
Flat Glass North America, Inc. facility in Bellefontaine, Ohio
are covered by certification number TA-W-64,877 issued based on
increased customer imports of automotive safety glass.
Criterion III has been met because declines in sales of
the float glass produced by the Jerry Run Facility for the AGC
Flat Glass North America, Inc. facility in Bellefontaine, Ohio
contributed importantly to the production and sales decline of
the Jerry Run Facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AGC Flat Glass North
America, Inc., Jerry Run Facility, Bridgeport, West Virginia,
who are engaged in employment related to production of float
glass 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 AGC Flat Glass North America, Inc., Jerry
Run Facility, Bridgeport, West Virginia., 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 19th day of June, 2009


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