DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,671

DARAMIC, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTECH AND MRI NEWBURGH
OWENSBORO, 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. (Set forth in 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 28, 2009 by a the International Brotherhood of
Boilermakers, Local 726, on behalf of workers of Daramic, LLC,
Owensboro, Kentucky (Daramic, LLC). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of battery separators. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Aerotech and MRI
Newburgh.
The investigation revealed that workers of Daramic, LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotech and MRI Newburgh,
Owensboro, Kentucky, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of battery separators meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been met because Daramic, LLC is in the
process of shifting a portion of production of battery
separators to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in a portion
of the production of battery separators by Daramic, LLC, to a
foreign country contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Daramic, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Daramic, LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotech and MRI Newburgh,
Owensboro, Kentucky, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of battery separators, 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 Daramic, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Aerotech and MRI Newburgh, Owensboro,
Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 26, 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 12th day of February, 2010


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