DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,733

EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC
MEDICAL AND MEDICAL POWER DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT AND PENMAC
JOPLIN, MISSOURI

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 April 16, 2019 by a State Workforce Agency on behalf of
workers of EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, Medical and Medical
Power Division, Joplin, Missouri (EaglePicher - Medical and
Medical Power). Workers of EaglePicher - Medical and Medical
Power are engaged in activities related to the production of
medical batteries. Workers are separately identifiable by
article produced by the firm.
The subject worker group (EaglePicher - Medical and
Medical Power) includes on-site leased workers from Express
Employment and Penmac.
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 EaglePicher - Medical and
Medical Power 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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the medical batteries
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at EaglePicher - Medical and Medical Power.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of EaglePicher - Medical
and Medical Power, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of medical batteries, 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 EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, Medical and
Medical Power Division, including on-site leased workers
from Express Employment and Penmac, Joplin, Missouri, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 15, 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 6th day of May 2019.

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