DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,640

ALBANY INTERNATIONAL
PROCESS BELTS
TUMWATER, WASHINGTON



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. (Set forth in 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 July 13, 2009 on behalf of workers of Albany
International, Process Belts, Tumwater, Washington. The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of process
belts. The workers are not separately identifiable by products
produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Albany
International, Process Belts, Tumwater, Washington, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of process
belts meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of process belts by Albany International,
Process Belts to the United Kingdom.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of process belts by Albany International, Process Belts to the
United Kingdom contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Albany International Process Belts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Albany International,
Process Belts, Tumwater, Washington who are engaged in
employment related to production of process belts, 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 Albany International, Process Belts,
Tumwater, Washington who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 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 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 22nd day of July, 2009

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