DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,305

RAVE SPORTS, INC.
LEBANON, MISSOURI

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 September 15, 2009 by three workers on behalf of
workers of RAVE Sports, Inc., Lebanon, Missouri (RAVE Sports).
The workers produce water trampolines and other water sports
products.
The investigation revealed that workers of RAVE Sports who
are engaged in employment related to the production of water
trampolines and other water sports products meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the employees at the subject firm have been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the "successor-
in-interest" will acquire from a foreign country articles like
or directly competitive with the water trampolines and water
sports products produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
water trampolines and other water sports products from China
contributed importantly to worker group separations at RAVE
Sports.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of RAVE Sports, Inc.,
Lebanon, Missouri, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of water trampolines and other water sports
products 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 RAVE Sports, Inc., Lebanon, Missouri, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 14, 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 10th day of December, 2009.

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