DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,595

CARTRIGDE SOURCE OF AMERICA, INC.
MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA

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 jointly by the company official and the workers on May
9, 2012 on behalf of workers of Cartridge Source of America,
Inc., Merritt Island, Florida. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of toner cartridges
and portable water purifiers.
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 toner cartridges and portable water
purifiers by Cartridge Source of America, Inc., Merritt
Island, Florida, have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
toner cartridges and portable water purifiers produced by
Cartridge Source of America, Inc., Merritt Island, Florida,
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Cartridge
Source of America, Inc., Merritt Island, Florida.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cartridge Source of
America, Inc., Merritt Island, Florida, who are engaged in
activities related to production of toner cartridges and
portable water purifiers 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 Cartridge Source of America, Inc.,
Merritt Island, Florida, who become totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 8, 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 22nd day of August, 2012


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