DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,307

A G EQUIPMENT COMPANY
BROKEN ARROW, OKLAHOMA


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 6, 2016 on behalf of workers of A G Equipment
Company, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (subject firm). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
natural gas compressor packages. Workers at the subject firm
are not separately identifiable by article produced. The
worker group does not include any on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner(s).
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 subject firm
sales and/or production of natural gas compressor packages
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
natural gas compressor packages produced by the subject firm
have increased during the relevant period when compared to the
representative base period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of A G Equipment
Company, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of natural gas compressor packages,
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 A G Equipment Company, Broken Arrow,
Oklahoma, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 5, 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 10th day of April 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance