DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,061

DARAMIC LLC

CORYDON, INDIANA

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 July 16, 2020 by a State Workforce Official on behalf
of workers and former workers of Daramic LLC, Corydon, Indiana
(Daramic-Corydon). Workers of Daramic-Corydon are engaged in
activities related to the production of battery separators. The
subject worker group does not include on-site leased workers.

During the course of the investigation, the Department
reviewed information from the petition, the workers' firm, and
other sources.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Daramic-Corydon 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 a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
battery separators produced by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Daramic-
Corydon.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Daramic-Corydon, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of battery
separators, 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 Daramic LLC, Corydon, Indiana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 15, 2019 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 12th day of August, 2021


/s/ Del-Min Amy Chen
_______________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance