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TAW-70935  /  Regal Beloit Manufacturing (Lebanon, MO)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 05/28/2008
Filed Date: 06/03/2009
Most Recent Update: 08/13/2009
Determination Date: 08/13/2009
Expiration Date: 08/13/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,935

REGAL BELOIT MANUFACTURING
LEBANON
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF PENMAC AGENCY
LEBANON, MISSOURI

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 June 3, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Regal Beloit Manufacturing, Lebanon, Missouri. The
investigation revealed that the worker group includes on-site
leased workers of Penmac Agency. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of small and medium sized
electric motors. The workers are not separately identifiable by
specific motor produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Regal Beloit
Manufacturing, including on-site leased workers of Penmac
Agency, Lebanon, Missouri who are engaged in employment related
to the production of small electric motors meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
in production of small electric motors by Regal Beloit
Manufacturing to Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of electric motors by Regal Beloit Manufacturing to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Regal
Beloit Manufacturing.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Regal Beloit
Manufacturing, including on-site leased workers of Penmac
Agency, Lebanon, Missouri who are engaged in employment related
to production of electric motors, 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 Regal Beloit Manufacturing, Lebanon,
including on-site leased workers of Penmac Agency, Lebanon,
Missouri who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 28, 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 13th day of August, 2009


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