DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,181

COLD SPRING GRANITE COMPANY
GRANITE FABRICATION DIVISION
COLD SPRING, MINNESOTA

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 June 3, 2010 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Cold Spring Granite Company, Granite Fabrication
Division, Cold Spring, Minnesota (hereinafter referred to as
Cold Spring Granite Company, Granite Fabrication Division).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of granite for memorial and commercial projects.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cold Spring
Granite Company, Granite Fabrication Division, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of granite for
memorial and commercial projects, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers has been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of granite for memorial and commercial
projects by Cold Spring Granite Company, Granite Fabrication
Division have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because the
reliance on imports of granite for memorial and commercial
projects by Cold Spring Granite Company, Granite Fabrication
Division has increased during the relevant period.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imports of granite for memorial and
commercial projects by Cold Spring Granite Company, Granite
Fabrication Division contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at the Cold
Spring, Minnesota facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cold Spring Granite
Company, Granite Fabrication Division, Cold Spring, Minnesota,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
granite for memorial and commercial projects, 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 Cold Spring Granite Company, Granite
Fabrication Division, Cold Spring, Minnesota, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 2, 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 8th day of October, 2010.


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