DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,392

DONALDSON COMPANY, INC.
CRESCO, IOWA

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 24, 2009 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Donaldson Company, Inc., Cresco, Iowa (Donaldson
Company). The workers produce air filtration elements.
The investigation revealed that workers of Donaldson
Company who are engaged in employment related to the production
of air filtration elements meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers were separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of air filtration elements by Donaldson Company
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with air filtration
elements produced by Donaldson Company have increased during
the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of air filtration elements contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Donaldson Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Donaldson Company,
Inc., Cresco, Iowa, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of air filtration elements 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 Donaldson Company, Inc., Cresco, Iowa, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 23, 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 2nd day of September, 2009.


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