DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,835

SOUTHEASTERN ADHESIVES COMPANY
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS NEPTUNE, INC.
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA

Amended Notice of Revised Determination
On Reopening

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Notice of Revised
Determination on Reopening on November 17, 2003, applicable to
workers of Southeastern Adhesives Company, Lenoir, North
Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal Register on
November 28, 2003 (68 FR 66883).
At the request of the company, the Department reviewed the
revised determination for workers of the subject firm. The
workers produce adhesives for the furniture industry.
New information provided by the company shows that in April
2004 the subject firm’s name changed from Southeastern Adhesives
Company to Neptune, Inc. Accordingly, the Department is amending
the certification to properly reflect this name change.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Southeastern Adhesives Company, Lenoir, North
Carolina, who were adversely affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-52,835 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Southeastern Adhesives Company,
currently known as Neptune, Inc., Lenoir, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 2, 2002, through
November 17, 2005, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 16th day of June 2004.


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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,835

SOUTHEASTERN ADHESIVES COMPANY
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA


Notice of Revised Determination
On Reopening

On November 10, 2003, the Department, on its own motion,
reopened its investigation for the former workers of the subject
firm.
The initial investigation was initiated on September 12,
2003, and resulted in a negative determination issued on October
21, 2003. The investigation findings showed that workers of the
subject firm did not supply at least 20 percent of production or
sales to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility to apply for trade adjustment
assistance (TAA). Consequently, workers of Southeastern
Adhesives Company, Lenoir, North Carolina, could not be certified
as a secondarily affected worker group. The denial notice was
published in the Federal Register on November 6, 2003 (68 FR
62832).


The Department has obtained new information showing that the
subject firm supplied adhesives to a furniture manufacturer whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for TAA and the loss of
business contributed importantly to worker separations at the
Lenoir, North Carolina plant.
Conclusion
After careful consideration of the facts obtained on
reopening, I determine that workers of Southeastern Adhesives
Company, Lenoir, North Carolina, qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following revised determination:
"All workers of Southeastern Adhesives Company, Lenoir, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 2, 2002, through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of November 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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