DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,781

ITASCA-BEMIDJI, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FARGO ASSEMBLY COMPANY
BEMEDIJI, MINNESOTA

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 March 24, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Itasca-Bemidji, Inc., a subsidiary of Fargo Assembly
Company, Bemidji, Minnesota. The workers produced wire harness
assemblies used in snowmobiles and ATVs.
The investigation revealed that workers of Itasca-Bemidji,
Inc., who were engaged in employment related to production of
wire harness assemblies, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of wire harness assemblies by Itasca-
Bemidji, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with wire
harness assemblies produced by Itasca-Bemidji, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Itasca-Bemidji, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Itasca-Bemidji, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Fargo Assembly Company, Bemidji, Minnesota,
who are engaged in employment related to production of wire
harness assemblies, 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 Itasca-Bemidji, Inc., a subsidiary of
Fargo Assembly Company, Bemidji, Minnesota, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 22, 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 23rd day of June, 2010.

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