DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,008

BRP US, INC.
SPORT BOAT DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT REMEDY
BENTON, ILLINOIS


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 September 26, 2012 by a One-Stop Operator on behalf
of workers of BRP US, Inc., Sport Boat Division, Benton,
Illinois (subject firm). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of sport boats. The
workers are not separately identifiable by article.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Select Remedy.
During the investigation, the Department obtained
information from the subject firm via electronic mail and a
Business Data Request form (OMB# 1205-0342).
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 sport boats
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of BRP US, Inc., Sport
Boat Division, including on-site leased workers from Select
Remedy, Benton, Illinois, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of sport boats, 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 BRP US, Inc., Sport Boat Division,
including on-site leased workers from Select Remedy,
Benton, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 25, 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 19th day of October, 2012

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