DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,780

FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
POWERTRAIN, SEALS AND BEARINGS DIVISION
BLACKSBURG, 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(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 29, 2009, by American Federation of Labor - Congress
of Industrial Organizations, Shop Steward, Local 2533, on behalf
of workers of Federal-Mogul Corporation, Powertrain, Seals and
Bearings Division, Blacksburg, Virginia (Federal-Mogul). The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
engine bearings, bushings, and washers for the automotive
industry. Workers are not separately identifiable by article
produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Federal-Mogul,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
engine bearings, bushings, and washers, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Federal-Mogul have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift by
Federal-Mogul to a foreign country in the production of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by Federal-
Mogul.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
to China contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Federal-Mogul, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Federal-Mogul
Corporation, Powertrain, Seals and Bearings Division, Blacksburg,
Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to production of
engine bearings, bushings, and washers, 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 Federal-Mogul Corporation, Powertrain, Seals
and Bearings Division, Blacksburg, Virginia, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after May 19, 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 14th day of December, 2009

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance