DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,480

STANT USA CORP.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS STANT MANUFACTURING, INC.
CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA

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 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 February 17, 2010 on behalf of workers of Stant USA
Corp., formerly known as Stant Manufacturing, Inc.,
Connersville, Indiana. The workers are engaged in activities
related to production of tov valves, fuel valves, and carbon
canisters.
The investigation revealed that workers of Stant USA Corp.,
who are engaged in activities related to production of tov
valves, fuel valves, and carbon canisters, meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the workers' firm were separated or are
threatened with separations during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Stant USA Corp.
produced component parts that were directly supplied to firms
with TAA-certified worker groups, and the components supplied
were related to production of articles that were the basis for
the TAA certifications.
Criterion III has been met because the tov valves, fuel
valves, and carbon canisters supplied to firms that employed
certified worker groups accounted for at least 20 percent of
the production or sales of Stant USA Corp.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Stant USA Corp.,
formerly known as Stant Manufacturing, Inc., Connersville,
Indiana, who are engaged in activities related to production of
tov valves, fuel valves, and carbon canisters, 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 Stant USA Corp., formerly known as Stant
Manufacturing, Inc., Connersville, Indiana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 21, 2009, 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 12th day of November, 2010


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