DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,640

WACKER CHEMICAL CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HKA ENTERPRISES, INC.
DUNCAN, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 company official on March 5, 2010 on behalf of
workers of Wacker Chemical Corporation, Duncan, South Carolina
(Wacker Chemical Corporation). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of silicone polymer fluids
and emulsions, dispersions and blends. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from HKA Enterprises, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Wacker Chemical
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from HKA
Enterprises, Inc., Duncan, South Carolina who are engaged in
activities related to the production of silicone polymer fluids
and emulsions, dispersions and blends meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
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 production
of silicone polymer fluids and emulsions, dispersions and blends
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
silicone polymer fluids and emulsions, dispersions and blends
produced by Wacker Chemical Corporation have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the firm's increased reliance on imports of silicone polymer
fluids and emulsions, dispersions and blends contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and production
declines at Wacker Chemical Corporation.



















Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wacker Chemical
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from HKA
Enterprises, Inc., Duncan, South Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to production of silicone polymer fluids and
emulsions, dispersions and blends 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 Wacker Chemical Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from HKA Enterprises, Inc., Duncan,
South Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 4, 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 8th day of June, 2010.


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