DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,542

BALBOA WATER GROUP, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFMARK AND ANDEK
TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA


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 February 15, 2019 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Balboa Water Group, LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Staffmark and Andek, Tustin, California
(subject firm). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of heating equipment and components
for the spa and bath tub industry.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the subject 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 subject firm
has acquired from a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Balboa Water Group, LLC, Tustin, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Balboa Water Group,
LLC, Tustin, California, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of heating equipment and components for the
spa and bath tub industry, 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 Balboa Water Group, LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Staffmark and Andek, Tustin,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 14, 2018 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 25th day of February 2019.

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