DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,145

ST. MARYS CARBON COMPANY
BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 June 11, 2009 on behalf of workers of St. Marys Carbon
Company, Brookville, Pennsylvania. The workers produced
automotive parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of St. Marys Carbon
Company, Brookville, Pennsylvania who are engaged in employment
related to automotive parts meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because significant
layoffs occurred at the plant.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production have decreased absolutely in 2008 and in
year-to-date 2009.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
automotive components produced by the subject firm have
increased. Specifically, a survey conducted by the Department
of Labor did reveal that major customers of the subject firm
increased their purchases of like or directly competitive
products while decreasing purchases from the subject firm.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of automotive components by customers of
St. Marys Carbon Company, Brookville, Pennsylvania contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of St. Marys Carbon
Company, Brookville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
employment related to automotive components 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 St. Marys Carbon Company, Brookville,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 10, 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 8th day of March, 2010.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance