DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,958

TENNECO, INC.
NAOERC DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE WORKERS FROM ELITE STAFFING, INC.
COZAD, NEBRASKA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 3, 2010, on behalf of workers of Tenneco Inc.,
NAOERC Division, Cozad, Nebraska (Tenneco). Workers produce
shock absorbers and component parts. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Elite Staffing, Inc. The subject
workers are covered by an existing certification (TA-W-64,668)
that expires on January 15, 2011.
The investigation revealed that workers of Tenneco, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of shock
absorbers and component parts, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers at Tenneco are totally or partially separated or
threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because Tenneco has shifted to a
foreign country the production of like or directly competitive
articles.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Cozad, Nebraska facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tenneco Inc., NAOERC
Division, Cozad, Nebraska, who are engaged in employment related
to the production of shock absorbers and component 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 Tenneco Inc., NAOERC Division, including
on-site leased workers from Elite Staffing, Inc., Cozad,
Nebraska, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 16, 2011, 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 13th day of January, 2011

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