DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,757

INTERMET U.S. HOLDING
D/B/A INTERMET
NEW RIVER FOUNDRY
RADFORD, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on behalf of workers of Intermet U.S. Holding d/b/a
Intermet, New River Foundry, Radford, Virginia (hereinafter
referred to as Intermet). The workers produce carrier castings
and case forgings for the automobile industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Intermet, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of carrier
castings and case forgings, meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at the workers' firm were separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Intermet
produced and sold carrier castings and case forgings to be
incorporated into automotive axles assemblies to a firm that
employed a worker group who is covered by an active
certification based on a shift of production abroad of
automobile axles.
Criterion III has been met because the carrier castings
and case forgings produced by Intermet for a firm that
employed a worker group covered by an active certification
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales
of the Radford, Virginia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Intermet U.S. Holding
d/b/a Intermet, New River Foundry, Radford, Virginia, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of carrier
castings and case forgings, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:


"All workers of Intermet U.S. Holding d/b/a Intermet, New
River Foundry, Radford, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 28,
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 22nd day of April, 2010


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance