DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,793

ALTAIRNANO, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACCOUNTANTS INTERNATIONAL, AEROTEK STAFFING, APPLIED STAFFING
SOLUTIONS, CONTINENTAL, INC., EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS,
RANDSTAD FINANCE & ACCOUNTING, AND ROBERT HALF
AND REMOTE WORKERS OF ALTAIRNANO, INC. THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES REPORTING TO
RENO, NEVADA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 11, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Altairnano, Inc., Reno, Nevada (Altairnano). The
workers' firm is engaged in employment related to the production
of solar energy cells. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Accountants International, Aerotek Staffing,
Applied Staffing Solutions, Continental, Inc., Express
Employment Professionals, Randstad Finance & Accounting, and
Robert Half, and remote workers of Altairnano, Inc. throughout
the United States who report to Reno, Nevada.
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)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the solar energy cells produced by
the workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Altairnano.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Altairnano, Inc.,
Reno, Nevada, who are engaged in employment related to
production of solar energy cells, 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 Altairnano, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Accountants International, Aerotek Staffing,
Applied Staffing Solutions, Continental, Inc., Express
Employment Professionals, Randstad Finance & Accounting,
and Robert Half, and remote workers of Altairnano, Inc.
throughout the United States who report to, Reno, Nevada,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 10, 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 7th day of August, 2012

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