DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,233

CLARCOR AIR FILTRATION PRODUCTS
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KENTUCKY

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 January 11, 2012, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Clarcor Air Filtration Products, Campbellsville,
Kentucky. The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of air filters.
Workers of Clarcor Air Filtration Products,
Campbellsville, Kentucky were previously certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance on October 6, 2009 under
petition number TA-W-71,934. That certification expired on
October 6, 2011.
During the course of the investigation information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of air filters by Clarcor Air Filtration
Products, Campbellsville, Kentucky have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because reliance on
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the air
filters produced by Clarcor Air Filtration Products
Campbellsville, Kentucky have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Clarcor Air Filtration Products.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Clarcor Air
Filtration Products, Campbellsville, Kentucky, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of air filters, 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 Clarcor Air Filtration Products,
Campbellsville, Kentucky, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 7, 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 31st day of January, 2012

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