DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,196

FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS
BRAKING DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SMX/STAFFING MANAGEMENT AND THOMPSON CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 December 7, 2015 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Federal-Mogul Motorparts, Braking Division,
a subsidiary of Federal-Mogul Corporation, Orangeburg, South
Carolina (herein referred to as "Federal-Mogul Motorparts").
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
SMX/Staff Management and Thompson Construction Services. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of brake pads for light duty vehicles.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petitioner number
TA-W-83,362. The certification will expire on February 5,
2016.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Federal-Mogul Motorparts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Federal-Mogul
Motorparts, Braking Division, a subsidiary of Federal-Mogul
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
SMX/Staffing Management and Thompson Construction Services,
Orangeburg, South Carolina, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of brake pads for light duty
vehicles, 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 Federal-Mogul Motorparts, Braking
Division, a subsidiary of Federal-Mogul Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from SMX/Staffing
Management and Thompson Construction Services,
Orangeburg, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 6, 2016,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on February 6, 2016 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 6th day of January, 2016

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance