DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,454

AMERICAN HOLLOW BORING COMPANY, INC.
ERIE, 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 by a company official on June 29, 2009 on behalf of
workers of American Hollow Boring Company, Inc., Erie,
Pennsylvania (American Hollow Boring Company, Inc.). Workers
at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to the
production of centrifugal pipe molds. The workers are also
engaged in activities related to machining services (i.e.
performing deep hole boring and planer milling on forgings).
The workers are not separately identifiable by functions.
The investigation further revealed that workers of American
Hollow Boring Company, Inc. who are engaged in employment
related to the production of centrifugal pipe molds and
machining services meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of centrifugal pipe molds and machining
services by the subject firm decreased during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with centrifugal pipe
molds produced by American Hollow Boring Company, Inc. have
increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a
survey of the subject firm's major declining customers regarding
their purchases of centrifugal pipe molds and machining services
during the relevant period. The survey revealed increased
customer reliance on centrifugal pipe molds.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of centrifugal pipe molds by customers of
American Hollow Boring Company, Inc. contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at American Hollow Boring Company, Inc.














Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Hollow
Boring Company, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of centrifugal pipe molds
and machining services 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 American Hollow Boring Company, Inc.,
Erie, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 26, 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 6th day of October 2009


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