DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,866

DYNO NOBEL
PORT EWEN PLANT
CHARGE AND PRESS DEPARTMENT
ULSTER PARK, NEW YORK

Certification 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.
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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 17, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Dyno Nobel, Port Ewen Plant, Charge and Press
Department, Ulster Park, New York. The workers in the Charge and
Press Department at the subject facility produce non-electric
detonator subassemblies and are separately identifiable from others
in the plant.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in the production of non-electric
detonator subassemblies to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a
free trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Dyno Nobel, Port Ewen Plant, Charge and Press
Department, Ulster Park, New York engaged in the production of
non-electric detonator subassemblies who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 9, 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 24th day of October 2003.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance