DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

	Employment and Training Administration

	TA-W-72,818

	DENMAN TIRE CORPORATION
LEAVITTSBURG, OHIO

	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:
I.	The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the 
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant 
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm 
must have become totally or partially separated or be 
threatened with total or partial separation.

II.	The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the 
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(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
(i)(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.

III.	The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition 
must have contributed importantly to the workers' 
separation or threat of separation.  See Section 
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §  
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).
  
	The investigation was initiated in response to a petition 
filed on November 10, 2009 by an official from the United Steal 
Workers of America, Local 98L on behalf of workers of Denman 
Tire Corporation, Leavittsburg, Ohio.  The workers produce 
pneumatic tires. 
      The investigation revealed that workers of Denman Tire 
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to the 
production of pneumatic tires meet the criteria for 
certification.  
      Criterion I has been met because a significant number of 
workers have been separated during the relevant period.  
      Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm 
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article 
like or directly competitive with the article produced by the 
workers.
      Criterion III has been met because the shift in 
production of pneumatic tires to India, China, and Mexico by 
Denman Tire Corporation contributed importantly to worker 
group separations at Denman Tire Corporation.


Conclusion
	After careful review of the facts obtained in the 
investigation, I determine that workers of Denman Tire 
Corporation, Leavittsburg, Ohio who are engaged in employment 
related to the production of pneumatic tires 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 Denman Tire Corporation, Leavittsburg, 
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after November 9, 2008, through two years 
from the date of certification, and all workers in the 
group threatened with total or partial separation from 
employment on 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 February, 2010

						/s/Elliott S. Kushner
                                    ______________________________
                                    ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
                                    Certifying Officer, Division of 
                                    Trade Adjustment Assistance