DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,394

VARCO PRUDEN BUILDINGS
DESIGN AND DETAIL DEPARTMENT
A SUBSIDIARY OF BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
EVANSVILLE, WISCONSIN

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 February 2, 2010 on behalf of workers of Varco Pruden
Buildings, Design and Detail Department, a subsidiary of
BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc., Evansville, Wisconsin
(Varco Pruden Evansville). The workers provide internal design
and detailed drawing services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Varco Pruden
Evansville who are engaged in employment related to internal
design and detailed drawing services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been an
acquisition from a foreign country by the workers' firm of
services that are like or directly competitive with those
supplied by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
internal design and detailed drawing services supplied from
India by Varco Pruden Evansville contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Varco Pruden Evansville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Varco Pruden
Buildings, Design and Detail Department, a subsidiary of
BlueScope Buildings North America, Inc., Evansville,
Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment related to internal
design and detailed drawing 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 Varco Pruden Buildings, Design and Detail
Department, a subsidiary of BlueScope Buildings North
America, Inc., Evansville, Wisconsin, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January
26, 2009, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on 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 6th day of May, 2010

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