DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,674

ADM MILLING COMPANY
"A" MILL
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as an adversely affected
secondary group.
An investigation was conducted in order to determine whether
the petitioning group of workers qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers as suppliers to a firm or subdivision primarily
affected by increased imports or a shift of production abroad.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
the following group eligibility requirements under Section 222(b)
must be met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm (or subdivision) is a supplier or
downstream producer to a firm (or subdivision) that
employed a group of workers who received a certification
of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance
benefits and such supply or production is related to the
article that was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either-

(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied for the firm (or subdivision)
described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm;
or

(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm (or subdivision) described in paragraph (2)
contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated on August 25, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of ADM Milling Company, "A" Mill, a subsidiary
of Archer Daniels Midland Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The
workers at the subject facility produce flour.
The investigation revealed that criterion (2) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility is not a
supplier to a firm (or subdivision) that employed a group of
workers who have received a certification of eligibility to apply
for trade adjustment assistance.
Moreover, the Department of Labor surveyed the subject
facility's major declining customer in regards to its purchases of
flour. This survey revealed no imports.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine workers of ADM Milling
Company, "A" Mill, a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
and alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 15th day of September 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance