DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,526

KENNAMETAL, INC.
LYNDONVILLE, VERMONT

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 26, 2009 by a company official and a United
Steelworkers Local 5518 representative on behalf of workers of
Kennametal, Inc., Lyndonville, Vermont. The workers produce
high speed steel taps.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kennametal,
Inc., Lyndonville, Vermont, who are engaged in employment
related to high speed steel taps, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers at 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 high speed steel taps by Kennametal, Inc.
have decreased in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with high
speed steel taps by Kennametal, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of high speed steel taps by customers of
Kennametal, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Kennametal, Inc.,
Lyndonville, Vermont.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kennametal, Inc.,
Lyndonville, Vermont, who are engaged in employment related to
high speed steel taps 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 Kennametal, Inc., Lyndonville, Vermont,
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 4th day of November, 2009


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