DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,942

TOTAL LUBRICANTS USA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ELF AQUITAINE, INC.
ROCKINGHAM, NORTH 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 on April 16, 2010 on behalf of workers of Total
Lubricants USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Elf Aquitaine, Inc.,
Rockingham, North Carolina. The workers produce metalworking
fluids and general industrial lubricants.
The investigation revealed that workers of Total Lubricants
USA, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to production
of metalworking fluids and general industrial lubricants, meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of metalworking fluids and general
industrial lubricants by Total Lubricants USA, Inc. have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the metalworking
fluids and general industrial lubricants produced by Total
Lubricants USA, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of metalworking fluids and general
industrial lubricants contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Total
Lubricants USA, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Total Lubricants USA,
Inc., Rockingham, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment
related to production of metalworking fluids and industrial
lubricants, 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 Total Lubricants USA, Inc., a subsidiary
of Elf Aquitaine, Inc., Rockingham, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 9, 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 16th day of June, 2010

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