DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,572

METAL POWDER PRODUCTS
ST. MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA

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 August 30, 2010, by the International Union of
Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture
Workers - Communications Workers of America, Local 502 on
behalf of workers of Metal Powder Products, St. Marys,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce powder metal parts for lawn
and garden and commercial vehicles.
The investigation revealed that workers of Metal Powder
Products, St. Marys, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities
related to production of powder metal parts, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of powder metal parts by Metal Powder Products
have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
powder metal parts produced by Metal Powder Products have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations at Metal Powder Products.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Metal Powder
Products, St. Marys, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to production of powder metal parts, 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 Metal Powder Products, St. Marys,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 26, 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 18th day of November, 2010


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