DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,939

EMERGING ACQUISITIONS LLC
DBA BULK HANDLING SYSTEMS
BULK HANDLING SYSTEMS DIVISION
EUGENE, OREGON

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 June 26, 2019 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Emerging Acquisitions, LLC, doing
business as (dba) Bulk Handling Systems, Bulk Handling Systems
Division, Eugene, Oregon (Bulk Handling Systems). Bulk
Handling Systems is engaged in activities related to the
production of processing systems to extract recyclables. The
worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Bulk Handling Systems
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 sales and/or
production at Bulk Handling Systems have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because firm
imports of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by Bulk Handling Systems have increased during the
relevant period when compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Bulk Handling
Systems.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bulk Handling
Systems, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of processing systems to extract recyclables, 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 Emerging Acquisitions, LLC, dba Bulk
Handling Systems, Bulk Handling Systems Division, Eugene,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 25, 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 20th day of September 2019.

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