DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,959

ANSONIA COPPER AND BRASS
WATERBURY DIVISION
WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT

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 by a State Workforce Official on November 27, 2009 on
behalf of workers of Ansonia Copper and Brass, Waterbury
Division, Waterbury, Connecticut. Workers at the subject firm
are engaged in activities related to the production of large
outside diameter seamless copper and alloy tubes. The workers
are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Ansonia
Copper and Brass, Waterbury Division who are engaged in
employment related to the production of large outside diameter
seamless copper and alloy tubes meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of large outside diameter seamless copper and
alloy tubes by the subject firm decreased during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with large outside
diameter seamless copper and alloy tubes produced by Ansonia
Copper and Brass, Waterbury Division have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of large outside diameter seamless copper and alloy
tubes during the relevant period. The survey revealed increased
customer reliance on imported large outside diameter seamless
copper and alloy tubes.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of large outside diameter seamless copper
and alloy tubes by customers of Ansonia Copper and Brass,
Waterbury Division contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Ansonia Copper
and Brass, Waterbury Division, Waterbury Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ansonia Copper and
Brass, Waterbury Division, Waterbury, Connecticut who are
engaged in activities related to the production of large outside
diameter seamless copper and alloy tubes 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 Ansonia Copper and Brass, Waterbury
Division, Waterbury, Connecticut, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
25, 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 1st day of February 2010


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