DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,094

BASF ERIE
CATALYSTS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF BASF CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BCFORWARD, COMPUTECH
CORPORATION, HUNTER INTERNATIONAL, NIC INFO TEK, INC., RUSSELL
TOBIN AND ASSOCIATES, LLC, AND TECHNICAL TRAINING INC.
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 27, 2020 on behalf of workers and former workers
of BASF Erie, Catalysts Division, a subsidiary of BASF
Corporation, Erie, Pennsylvania (BASF Erie-Catalysts). Workers
of BASF Erie-Catalysts are engaged in activities related to the
production of process catalysts for use in the chemical
processing industry.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from BCforward, Computech Corporation, Hunter International,
NIC Info Tek, Inc., Russell Tobin and Associates, LLC, and
Technical Training Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in BASF Erie-Catalysts 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(s) the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the process catalysts
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at BASF Erie-Catalysts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of BASF Erie-Catalysts
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 BASF Erie, Catalysts Division, a
subsidiary of BASF Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from BCforward, Computech Corporation, Hunter
International, NIC Info Tek, Inc., Russell Tobin and
Associates, LLC, and Technical Training Inc., Erie,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 23, 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 5th day of September 2020.

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