DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,053

FAURECIA EXHAUST SYSTEMS
NAO DIVISION
LORDSTOWN, OHIO

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 May 7, 2010 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Faurecia Exhaust Systems, NAO Division, Lordstown, Ohio.
The workers are engaged in employment related to the production
of automotive exhaust systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of Faurecia Exhaust
Systems, NAO Division, Lordstown, Ohio who are engaged in
employment related to the production of automotive exhaust
systems, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated at the Lordstown, Ohio
location during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm is
shifting a substantial portion of production to a foreign
country of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers' firm at the Lordstown, Ohio
facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by Faurecia Exhaust Systems, NAO Division
contributed importantly to worker separations at the
Lordstown, Ohio facility.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Faurecia Exhaust
Systems, NAO Division, Lordstown, Ohio 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 Faurecia Exhaust Systems, NAO Division,
Lordstown, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 7, 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 22nd day of June, 2010.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance