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TAW-74624  /  Chart Industries, Inc. (Denver, CO)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 09/10/2009
Filed Date: 09/13/2010
Most Recent Update: 12/06/2010
Determination Date: 12/06/2010
Expiration Date: 12/06/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,624

CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.
BIOMEDICAL DIVISION
DENVER, COLORADO

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 September 13, 2010, by a state agency representative
on behalf of workers of Chart Industries, Inc., Biomedical
Division, Denver, Colorado. The workers produce components for
MRI scanning machines.
The investigation revealed that workers of Chart
Industries, who are engaged in employment related to production
of MRI components, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated from employment.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production 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 MRI
components produced by Chart Industries have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to
worker separations and sales/production declines at Chart
Industries.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chart Industries,
Inc., Biomedical Division, Denver, Colorado, who are engaged in
employment related to production of MRI components, 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 Chart Industries, Inc., Biomedical
Division, Denver, Colorado, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 10, 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 6th day of December, 2010



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