DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,742

COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE
BOWLING GREEN HOSE FLUIDS DIVISION
BOWLING GREEN, OHIO

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 November 3, 2009 on behalf of workers of Cooper
Standard Automotive, Bowling Green Hose Fluids Division,
Bowling Green, Ohio. The workers are engaged in activities
related to production of automotive fluid handling systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cooper Standard
Automotive who are engaged in activities related to production
of automotive fluid handling systems meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have been totally or partially separated or
threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because Cooper Standard
Automotive has shifted to a foreign country the production of
automotive fluid handling systems.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by Cooper Standard Automotive contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Bowling Green,
Ohio facility.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cooper Standard
Automotive, Bowling Green Hose Fluids Division, Bowling Green,
Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to production of
automotive fluid handling systems 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 Cooper Standard Automotive, Bowling Green
Hose Fluids Division, Bowling Green, Ohio, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 2, 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 20th day of May, 2010

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