DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,078

NGK SPARK PLUGS (USA), INC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF NGK SPARK PLUGS CO., LTD
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SELECT STAFFING AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONS
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

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 January 11, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of NGK Spark Plugs (USA), Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of NGK Spark Plugs (USA) Co., LTD., Irvine,
California ("NGK"). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of spark plugs. The group consists
of on-site leased workers from Select Staffing and Express
Employment Professions.
The investigation revealed that workers of NGK who are
engaged in activities related to the production of spark plugs
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at NGK have become totally or
partially separated or are threatened with total or partial
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by NGK to a foreign country in the production of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by NGK.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of spark
plugs to Japan by NGK contributed importantly to worker group
separations at NGK.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of NGK Spark Plugs
(USA), Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of NGK Spark Plugs
(USA) Co., LTD., including on-site leased workers from Select
Staffing and Express Employment Professions, Irvine,
California, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of spark plugs, 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 NGK Spark Plugs (USA), Inc., a wholly
owned subsidiary of NGK Spark Plugs (USA) Co., LTD.,
including on-site leased workers from Select Staffing and
Express Employment Professions, Irvine, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 10, 2010, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 20th day of January, 2011.

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