DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-52,264

SPRINGS INDUSTRIES, INC.
LYMAN PRINTING & FINISHING PLANT
LYMAN, SOUTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 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 directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such workers'
separation or threat of separation and to the decline in
sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:

1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country under
the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and
Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in imports
of articles that are like or directly competitive with
articles which are or were produced by such firm or
subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on July 10, 2003, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Springs Industries,
Inc., Lyman Printing & Finishing Plant, Lyman, South Carolina. The
workers produce broadwoven fabric. Fabric is sent to other company
facilities for use in other products and not sold on the open
market.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II.B) have
not been met.
The investigation revealed that there were no significant
increases in company imports of broadwoven fabric, nor was there a
shift in production of broadwoven fabric from the Lyman, South
Carolina plant to a foreign country during relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that worker separations at
the subject plant were primarily attributable to a decline in
corporate sales of bedding products and/or a transfer of production
to other domestic facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Springs
Industries, Inc., Lyman Printing & Finishing Plant, Lyman, South
Carolina are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 28th day of July 2003.


/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance