DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,317

FMC CORPORATION
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE DIVISION
SPRING HILL, WEST VIRIGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met – the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on December 12, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America,
Local 12625, on behalf of workers at FMC Corporation, Hydrogen
Peroxide Division, Spring Hill, West Virginia. The workers at the
subject facilities produce hydrogen peroxide.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from 2000 to
2001.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
hydrogen peroxide increased absolutely during the period of January
through November 2002 when compared to the same period in 2001.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with hydrogen peroxide produced at FMC
Corporation, Hydrogen Peroxide Division, Spring Hill, West Virginia
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:









"All workers of FMC Corporation, Hydrogen Peroxide Division,
Spring Hill, West Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 5, 2001 through
two years from the date of certification are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of January, 2003


/s/Linda G. Poole_____________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance