Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 09/24/2003
Most Recent Update: 11/20/2003
Determination Date: 11/20/2003
Expiration Date:
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-52,943
COMPOSITES SOLUTIONS, INC. (CSI)
WEST COLUMBIA, 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,
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 September 24, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Composites
Solutions, Inc. (CSI), West Columbia, South Carolina. The workers
at the subject firm produced naval ordnance, and are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II.B) have
not been met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company imports
of naval ordnance, nor was there a shift in production from the
West Columbia, South Carolina plant to a foreign country during the
period under investigation.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of a major
customer to which the subject firm submitted bids during the
relevant period. The survey revealed that the subject firm lost a
major bid to another domestic manufacturer, and not to a foreign
source.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers producing naval
ordnance at Composites Solutions, Inc. (CSI), West Columbia, 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 20th day of November 2003.
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance