DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

	Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,948

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

	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(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f), can be 
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(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));
(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 (1) is published in the Federal 
Register; and  
	(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)(1), the 1-year 
			period preceding the 1-year period described in 
			paragraph (2).

	The investigation was initiated in response to a petition 
filed on November 25, 2009 by a company official on behalf of 
workers of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.  
The workers were engaged in activities related to the storage 
and distribution of passenger, light truck, and medium tires.
	The investigation revealed that on June 25, 2009, the United 
States International Trade Commission (USITC) found that certain 
passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the People's 
Republic of China are being imported into the United States in 
such increased quantities or under such conditions as to cause 
or threaten to cause market disruption to the domestic producers 
of like or directly competitive products. (Investigation No. TA-
421-7)
      Specific locations of Cooper Tire and Rubber Company were 
publicly identified by name by the USITC as a member of a domestic 
industry in an investigation resulting in a category of 
determination that is listed in Section 222(f) of the Act, 19 
U.S.C. § 2272(f).  In addition, the determination was published in 
the Federal register on June 25, 2009 which is within one year 
of the date of the petition filed requesting TAA Certification.  
Conclusion
     After careful review of the facts obtained in the 
investigation, I determine that workers of Cooper Tire & Rubber 
Company, Cedar Rapids, Iowa who were engaged in activities 
related to the storage and distribution of passenger, light truck, 
and medium ties meet the certification criteria under Section 
222(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f). In accordance with Section 
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following 
certification: 
"All workers of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa, in the worker group, who are totally or partially 
separated on or after June 25, 2008, through the date of the 
certification and who become totally or partially separated 
from that employment from the date of the certification 
through June 25, 2010, 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 26th day of April, 2010

                                    
                                    /s/Michael W. Jaffe
                                    ______________________________
                                    MICHAEL W. JAFFE
                                    Certifying Officer, Division of 
                                    Trade Adjustment Assistance