DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,185

BELCAN ENGINEERING GROUP, INC.
CINCINNATI, 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:
(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 December 30, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Belcan Engineering Group, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
(Belcan). The workers are engaged in employment related to the
supply of engineering services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Belcan who are
engaged in employment related to the supply of engineering
services meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
engineering services by Belcan have decreased during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
engineering services supplied by Belcan have increased.
Specifically, The Department of Labor surveyed Belcan's major
declining customer regarding purchases of engineering services
in 2007, 2008, and January through May 2009. The survey
revealed an increased reliance on imports of engineering
services during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imports of engineering services by a
customer of Belcan contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales declines at Belcan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Belcan Engineering
Group, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of engineering services 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 Belcan Engineering Group, Inc.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 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 11th day of March, 2010

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