DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,857

J.J. BOUCHARD, INC.
VAN BUREN, MAINE

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services directly for
another firm for articles or services with respect to which a
group of workers in such other firm has been certified under
subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act]" and defines the term
"value-added production processes or services" to "include final
assembly, finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or
transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 30, 2009 on behalf of workers of J.J. Bouchard,
Inc., Van Buren, Maine. The workers provide long haul contract
carrier services.
The investigation revealed that workers of J.J. Bouchard,
Inc. who are engaged in employment related to long haul
contract carrier services meet the criteria as a Downstream
Producer for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers were separated from employment during the
period of investigation.
Criterion II has been met because workers of J.J.
Bouchard, Inc. supplied and sold long haul contract carrier
services to a firm that employed a worker group who is covered
by an active certification and the long haul contract carrier
services was related to the article that was the basis of the
firm's certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by J.J. Bouchard, Inc. with the TAA-certified firm, with
respect to long haul contract carrier services sold to the
TAA-certified firm, contributed importantly to worker
separations at J.J. Bouchard, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of J.J. Bouchard, Inc.,
Van Buren, Maine, who are engaged in employment related to long
haul contract carrier services meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:









"All workers of J.J. Bouchard, Inc., Van Buren, Maine, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 27, 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 31st day of March, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance