DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,703

NBC SOLID SURFACES
SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT

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 June 11, 2012 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of NBC Solid Surfaces, Springfield, Vermont (NBC).
The subject facility is engaged in employment related to the
production of stone countertops. The subject worker group
does not include on-site leased workers.
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 production of stone countertops by NBC have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the stone
countertops produced by NBC have increased relative to
domestic production during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imports of articles like or directly
competitive with the stone countertops produced by NBC
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at NBC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of NBC Solid Surfaces,
Springfield, Vermont, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of stone countertops, 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 NBC Solid Surfaces, Springfield, Vermont,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 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 27th day of July, 2012


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