DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,015

HUTCHINS AND PERREAULT, INC.
EAST BARRE, VERMONT

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 29, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hutchins and Perreault, Inc., East Barre, Vermont.
The workers were engaged in activities related to the
production of granite memorials.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hutchins and
Perreault, Inc., who were engaged in activities related to
production of granite memorials, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers at the workers' firm have been
separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of granite memorials by Hutchings and
Perreault, Inc. have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the granite memorials produced by Hutchins and Perreault,
Inc. 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 the East Barre, Vermont facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hutchins and
Perreault, Inc., East Barre, Vermont, who were engaged in
activities related to production of granite memorials, 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 Hutchins and Perreault, Inc., East Barre,
Vermont, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 27, 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 26th day of November, 2010


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