DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,215

SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
SOLAR GROUP (SESG)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO STAFFING
CAMAS, WASHINGTON


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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption or
threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A)
or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning
on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President
by the International Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative
determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is
published in the Federal Register under section
202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal
Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 5, 2012 on behalf of workers of Sharp Electronics
Corporation, Solar Group (SESG), including on-site leased workers
from Adecco Staffing, Camas, Washington (Sharp). The workers' firm
produces solar products and systems.
The investigation revealed that on December 6, 2012, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the United
States is materially injured by reason of imports of crystalline
Silicon Photovoltaic Cells and Modules, which are sold in the U.S.
for "less than fair value". A petition has been filed on behalf of
workers of Sharp. That firm was publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry
in an investigation resulting in a category of determination that
is listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In
addition, that determination was published in the Federal Register
on December 6, 2012, which is within one year of the date of the
petition, filed requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sharp Electronics
Corporation, Solar Group (SESG), including on-site leased workers
from Adecco Staffing, Camas, Washington, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of solar products and systems,
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(e)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Sharp Electronics Corporation, Solar Group
(SESG), including on-site leased workers from Adecco Staffing,
Camas, Washington, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 6, 2011, through December
6, 2013, and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the date of certification
through December 6, 2013, 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 23rd day of January, 2013

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