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TAW-74630  /  Federal-Mogul Corporation (Boyertown, PA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 09/13/2009
Filed Date: 09/15/2010
Most Recent Update: 11/01/2010
Determination Date: 11/01/2010
Expiration Date: 11/01/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,630

FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
BOYERTOWN, 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 Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition filed on September 15, 2010
by a company official on behalf of workers of Federal-Mogul
Corporation, Boyertown, Pennsylvania (subject firm). All the
workers at the subject firm are engaged in employment related to
the production of sealed beam lighting products. The worker
group does not include on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Federal-Mogul
Corporation, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers at the subject firm has been
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of sealed beam lighting products by the
subject firm have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with sealed beam
lighting products have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with sealed beam lighting products by the subject firm
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Boyertown, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Federal-Mogul
Corporation, Boyertown, Pennsylvania, 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 Federal-Mogul Corporation, Boyertown,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 13, 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 1st day of November, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance