UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-97,052

BRIGGS & STRATTON LLC
BURLEIGH PLANT
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE
REPORTED UNDER BRIGGS & STRATTON CORPORATION
WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C.
§ 2273, the Department of Labor ("Department") herein presents the results of an investigation
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance ("TAA") for workers.

The investigation was initiated in response to a TAA petition dated June 29, 2021 and filed
on June 30, 2021 by a State Workforce Office, on behalf of former workers of Briggs & Stratton
LLC, Burleigh Plant, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (hereafter referred to as the "worker group"). The
group of workers also consists of workers whose wages were reported under Briggs & Stratton
Corporation. In accordance with 20 C.F.R. 618.110 a worker group is defined as, ""¦inclusive of
teleworkers and staffed workers."

The worker group is engaged in activities related to the production of gas engines
components, standby generators, and outdoor power equipment and are not separately identifiable
by product.

The petition alleged that worker separations, or threats thereof, were due to the workers
subject to ITC injury based on notification from USDOL ITC Investigation No. 701-TA-643 and
731-TA-1493 involving small vertical shaft engines from China. Briggs and Stratton has reduced its
force and/or ceased its lawn tractor, riding mower, snow thrower and pressure washer production.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an industry in the United States
is materially injured by reason of imports of small vertical shaft engines from China. The ITC's
determination(s) was published in the Federal Register on April 30, 2021.

During the course of the investigation, the Department collected information from the
petitioner(s), the workers' firm, and other relevant sources.

The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under Section 222(e) of the Act,

19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are satisfied if the following criteria are met:

Member of Domestic Industry Criterion

(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the International Trade Commission
as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in"”
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or threat thereof under section 202(b)
(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption or threat thereof under section
421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));
The Department determines that the member of a domestic industry criterion has been met.

Timely Petition Filing Criterion

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on the date on which"”
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President by the International Trade
Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative determination
described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under section 202(f)
(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of
paragraph (1) is published in the Federal Register; and
The Department determines that the timely filing of a petition criterion has been met.

Employment Criterion

(3) the workers have become totally or partially separated from the workers' firm within"”
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year period preceding the 1-year period
described in paragraph (2).
The Department determines that the employment criterion has been met.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I determine that workers of

Briggs & Stratton LLC, Burleigh Plant, Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of gas engines components, standby
generators, and outdoor power equipment meet the worker group certification criteria under Section

222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §

2273, I make the following certification:

"All workers of Briggs & Stratton LLC, Burleigh Plant,Briggs & Stratton Corporation,

Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from that employment
on or after April 30, 2020, through April 30, 2022, 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 August, 2021

/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance