DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,016

SERVICE STAMPING & THREADING
A MID-PARK CO.
LEITCHFIELD, KENTUCKY

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 29, 2010 by 3 workers' on behalf of the workers
of Service Stamping, & Threading, A Mid-Park, Co.,
Leitchfield, Kentucky. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of farm gate hardware (pins and
hinges) and are not separately identifiable by article
produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Service
Stamping, & Threading, A Mid-Park, Co., Leitchfield, Kentucky,
who are engaged in employment related to manufacturing of farm
gate hardware (pins and hinges) meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because Service Stamping, &
Threading, A Mid-Park, Co., Leitchfield, Kentucky, has been
separated or are threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Service Stamping,
& Threading, A Mid-Park, Co., Leitchfield, Kentucky, has
acquired from a foreign country farm gate hardware like or
directly competitive with farm gate hardware produced by the
workers'.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
farm gate hardware (pins and hinges) from China by Service
Stamping, & Threading, A Mid-Park Metals, Co., Leitchfield,
Kentucky contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Service Stamping, & Threading, A Mid-Park Metals, Co.,
Leitchfield, Kentucky.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Service Stamping, &
Threading, A Mid-Park Co., Leitchfield, Kentucky, who are
engaged in activities related to farm gate hardware(pins and
hinges) 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 Service Stamping, & Threading, A Mid-Park
Co., Leitchfield, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 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 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 September, 2010


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