DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,478

UNITED STATES GYPSUM - SANTA FE SPRINGS PLANT
A SUBSIDIARY OF USG CORPORATION
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA

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 30, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of United States Gypsum - Santa Fe Springs Plant, a
subsidiary of United States Gypsum Corporation, Santa Fe
Springs, California. The workers manufacture cement board for
the construction industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of United States
Gypsum - Santa Fe Springs Plant, a subsidiary of United States
Gypsum Corporation, Santa Fe Springs, California, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of cement
board meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because United States
Gypsum - Santa Fe Springs Plant, a subsidiary of United States
Gypsum Corporation, Santa Fe Springs, California, is shifting
production of cement board from Santa Fe Springs, California to
Monterey, Mexico.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of cement board to Mexico by United States Gypsum -
Santa Fe Springs Plant, a subsidiary of United States Gypsum
Corporation, Santa Fe Springs, California, contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of United States Gypsum
- Santa Fe Springs Plant, a subsidiary of United States Gypsum
Corporation, Santa Fe Springs, California, who are engaged in
employment related to cement board production 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 in of United States Gypsum - Santa Fe Springs
Plant, a subsidiary of United States Gypsum Corporation,
Santa Fe Springs, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 29,
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 6th day of November 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance