DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,757

E.A. QUIRIN MACHINE SHOP, INC.
SAINT CLAIR, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs additional,
value-added production processes or services directly for
another firm for articles or services with respect to which a
group of workers in such other firm has been certified under
subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act]" and defines the term
"value-added production processes or services" to "include final
assembly, finishing, testing, packaging, or maintenance or
transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 20, 2010 on behalf of workers of E.A. Quirin
Machine Shop, Inc., Saint Clair, Pennsylvania (E.A. Quirin).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the assembling
and finishing of construction castings and steel roadway frames
and grates. The workers are not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that workers of E.A. Quirin who
are engaged in activities related to the assembling and
finishing of construction castings and steel roadway frames and
grates meet the criteria as a Downstream Producer for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at E.A. Quirin have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been met because workers of E.A. Quirin
provided finishing and assembly services to a firm that
employed a worker group who is covered by an active
certification and the finishing and assembly services was
related to the article that was the basis of the firm's
certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by E.A. Quirin with the TAA-certified firm contributed
importantly to the worker separations at E.A. Quirin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of E.A. Quirin Machine
Shop, Inc., Saint Clair, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the assembling and finishing of
construction castings and steel roadway frames and grates meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(c) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of E.A. Quirin Machine Shop, Inc., Saint
Clair, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 18, 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 9th day of December, 2010.



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