DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,505

SILICON FOREST INDUSTRIES, INC.
WORKING ON-SITE AT SHIN-ETSU HANDOTI AMERICA, INC.
VANCOUVER, 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 October 6, 2009 on behalf of workers of Silicon Forest
Industries, Inc., working on-site at, and under the operational
control of, Shin-Etsu Handoti America, Inc., Vancouver,
Washington. The workers are engaged in activities related to
production of silicon wafers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Silicon Forest
Industries, Inc. are under the operational control of Shin-Etsu
Handoti America, Inc., Vancouver, Washington, and meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Shin-Etsu Handoti America, Inc. to a foreign country
in the production of articles like or directly competitive with
the silicon wafers produced by Shin-Etsu Handoti America.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by Shin-Etsu Handoti America contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Vancouver,
Washington facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Silicon Forest
Industries, Inc., working on-site at Shin-Etsu Handoti America,
Inc., Vancouver, Washington, who are engaged in employment
related to production of silicon wafers 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 Silicon Forest Industries, Inc., working
on-site at Shin-Etsu Handoti America, Inc., Vancouver,
Washington Vancouver, Washington, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 1,
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 14th day of January, 2010

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