DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,971

LIZ PALACIOS DESIGNS LTD.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

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 22, 2010 on behalf of workers of Liz Palacios
Designs Ltd., San Francisco, California. The workers are
engaged in activities related to production of custom jewelry.
Workers of Liz Palacios Designs Ltd., San Francisco,
California, were covered by certification TA-W-61,503 that
expired on September 5, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Liz Palacios
Designs Ltd., San Francisco, California, who are engaged in
employment related to production of custom jewelry, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of 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 the sales
and/or production of custom jewelry by Liz Palacios Designs
Ltd. have decreased during the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the custom jewelry produced by Liz Palacios Designs Ltd.
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Liz Palacios Designs Ltd.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Liz Palacios Designs
Ltd., San Francisco, California, who are engaged in employment
related to production of custom jewelry, 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 Liz Palacios Designs Ltd., San Francisco,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 6, 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 December, 2010


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