DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,906

FLOWSERVE US INC.
FLOW CONTROL DIVISION- SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS PLANT
A SUBSIDIARY OF FLOWSERVE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM INSTAFF PERSONNEL
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS

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 August 4, 2009 on behalf of workers of Flowserve US
Inc., Flow Control Division- Sulphur Springs, Texas Plant, a
subsidiary of Flowserve Corporation, Sulphur Springs, Texas.
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of valves. The investigation revealed that the worker group
includes on-site leased workers from InStaff Personnel.
The investigation further revealed that workers of
Flowserve US Inc. who are engaged in activities related to the
production of valves meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally
separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of valves by the subject firm decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with valves produced by
Flowserve Texas have increased. Specifically, the Department
of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of valves during
the relevant period. The survey revealed increased reliance on
imports of valves.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of valves by customers of Flowserve Texas
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Sulphur Springs, Texas
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flowserve US Inc.,
Flow Control Division- Sulphur Springs, Texas Plant, a
subsidiary of Flowserve Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from InStaff Personnel, Sulphur Springs, Texas, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of valves, 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 Flow Control Division- Sulphur Springs,
Texas Plant, a subsidiary of Flowserve Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from InStaff Personnel,
Sulphur Springs, Texas, 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 16th day of December 2009


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