[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 16515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7322]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-70,027]


Ram Rod Industries, LLC, Prentice, WI; Notice of Revised 
Determination 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.

    On September 21, 2009, workers of the subject firm were denied 
eligibility to apply for TAA benefits. Additional information has 
prompted the Department of Labor to issue this revised determination. 
Consequently, the Department has decided to issue a revised 
determination based on an internal reconsideration of the original 
findings.
    Further investigation revealed that workers of Ramrod Industries, 
who are engaged in employment related to the production of hydraulic 
cylinders, meet the criteria for certification.
    Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five percent of 
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
    Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of articles 
or services like or directly competitive with the hydraulic cylinders 
produced by Ramrod Industries have increased. Specifically, one of the 
firm's major customers has sharply increased imports of goods like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Ramrod's Spencer location.
    In addition, United States aggregate imports of hydraulic cylinders 
for consumption increased significantly in 2008.
    Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the 
increased imports of hydraulic cylinders by customers of Ramrod 
Industries contributed importantly to the worker group separations and 
sales/production declines at Ramrod Industries.

    All workers of Ramrod Industries LLC, Prentice, Wisconsin, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
May 19, 2008, 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, DC, this 27th day of January, 2010.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2010-7322 Filed 3-31-10; 8:45 am]
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