DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,176

SPENCE ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CIRCOR INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ONSITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KNAPP CONSULTANTS
WALDEN, NEW YORK

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 October 29, 2013, by three workers of Spence
Engineering Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Circor International,
Inc., Walden, New York (Spence Engineering Company). The
subject workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of fabricated metal products. The worker groups are
separately identifiable by product line.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Knapp
Consultants.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Spence Engineering Company, Inc., Walden, New
York.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Spence Engineering
Company, Inc., Walden, New York, who are/were engaged in
employment related to the production of fabricated metal
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 Spence Engineering Company, Inc., a
subsidiary of Circor International, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Knapp Consultants, Walden, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after October 22, 2012, through two years from the
date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on 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 18th day of November, 2013

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