DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,509

RODNEY HUNT-FONTAINE INC.
FORMERLY RODNEY HUNT COMPANY
GA INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF ZURN INDUSTRIES, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RELIABLE TEMPS INC.,
ROBERT HALF MANAGEMENT RESOURCES/OFFICE TEAM AND OFFICE TEMPS,
ELITE LOGISTIC SERVICES, AND RANDSTAD
ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS

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 February 24, 2016, by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Rodney Hunt-Fontaine, Inc., formerly Rodney
Hunt Company, GA Industries Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of Zurn
Industries, LLC, including on-site leased workers from Reliable
Temps Inc., Robert Half Management Resources/Office Team and
Office Temps, Elite Logistic Services, and Randstad, Orange,
Massachusetts (Rodney Hunt-Fontaine). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of valves and gates for
the water/wastewater and hydropower industries.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, the firm's
major customers, and public sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Rodney Hunt-Fontaine have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A) has been met because the sales and/or
production of valves and gates by Rodney Hunt-Fontaine have
decreased absolutely, imports of articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by Rodney Hunt-Fontaine
have increased during the relevant period, and increased imports
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Rodney Hunt-Fontaine.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rodney Hunt-Fontaine,
who are engaged in the production of valves and gates, 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 Rodney Hunt-Fontaine, Inc., formerly Rodney
Hunt Company, GA Industries Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of
Zurn Industries, LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Reliable Temps Inc., Robert Half Management
Resources/Office Team and Office Temps, Elite Logistic
Services, and Randstad, Orange, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 24, 2015, 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 4th day of November 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance