DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,120

ATLAS COPCO COMPTEC, LLC
GAS AND PROCESS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ATLAS COPCO NORTH AMERICA, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM OFFICE TEAM AND FPI
MECHANICAL, INC.
VOORHEESVILLE, NEW YORK


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. See 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 9, 2009 on behalf of workers of Atlas Copco
Comptec, LLC, Gas and Process Division, a subsidiary of Atlas
Copco North America, LLC, including on-site leased workers
from Office Team and FPI Mechanical, Inc., Voorheesville, New
York. The workers produce gas and process centrifugal
compressors and oil free air compressors used in industrial
applications. The petitioners allege that separations are
due to development and production shifting overseas.
The investigation revealed that workers of Atlas Copco
Comptec, LLC, who are engaged in employment related to
production of gas and process centrifugal compressors and oil
free air compressors used in industrial applications meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because there was a decline in
employment during January through April 2009, when compared to
the same period of the previous year, and the firm plans
additional worker separations.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm,
Atlas Copco Comptec, LLC, has shifted to a foreign country a
portion of the production of compressors like or directly
competitive with those produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the
production of compressors to China contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Atlas Copco Comptec, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Atlas Copco Comptec,
LLC, Gas and Process Division, a subsidiary of Atlas Copco
North America, LLC, Voorheesville, New York, who are engaged in
employment related to gas and process centrifugal compressors
and oil free air compressors used in industrial applications
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 Atlas Copco Comptec, LLC, Gas and Process
Division, a subsidiary of Atlas Copco North America, LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Office Team, FPI
Mechanical, Inc., Voorheesville, New York, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 3, 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 July, 2009.


/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance