DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,167

FLOTATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER AND BONNEY STAFFING
BIDDEFORD, MAINE

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 October 24, 2013 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Flotation Technologies, LLC, Biddeford, Maine
(Flotation Technologies). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of syntactic foam buoyancy
systems and polyurethane products. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Manpower and Bonney
Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and surveys of the firm's lost
bids for contracts.
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 syntactic foam buoyancy systems and
polyurethane products by Flotation Technologies have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the subject firm have increased.
Specifically, the firm was a lowest domestic bidder for a
domestic customer contract that was lost to another firm who
will produce the articles outside the United States for import.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales and production declines at
Flotation Technologies.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flotation
Technologies, LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower and Bonney Staffing, Biddeford, Maine, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of syntactic foam
buoyancy systems and polyurethane products 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 Flotation Technologies, LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Manpower and Bonney Staffing,
Biddeford, Maine, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 23, 2012 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 13th day of December, 2013.

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