DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,580

CRITERION CATALYSTS & TECHNOLOGIES L.P.
BELMONT, WEST VIRGINIA

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 October 14, 2009, by the United Steel Workers of
America, Local 499 on behalf of workers of Criterion Catalysts &
Technologies L.P., Belmont, West Virginia. The workers produce
catalysts used in catalytic reforming reactors in oil
refineries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Criterion
Catalysts & Technologies L.P., Belmont, West Virginia who are
engaged in employment related to production of reforming
catalysts meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of catalysts by Criterion Catalysts &
Technologies L.P. have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
catalysts produced by Criterion Catalysts & Technologies L.P.
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations at the Belmont, West Virginia
facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Criterion Catalysts &
Technologies L.P., Belmont, West Virginia, who are engaged in
employment related to production of catalysts 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 Criterion Catalysts & Technologies L.P.,
Belmont, West Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 13, 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 5th of August, 2010

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