DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,114

PHILCHEM, INC.
d/b/a PROCESS CHEMICALS, LLC
GREEER, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 2, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Philchem, Inc., d/b/a
Process Chemicals, LLC, Greer, South Carolina. The workers at the
subject firm produce warp sizes and starches for the textile
industry; they are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that Philchem, Inc., d/b/a Process
Chemicals, LLC, Greer, South Carolina supplies component parts for
the manufacturing of towels and sheets and a loss of business with
a manufacturer (whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance) contributed importantly to the workers
separation or threat of separation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Philchem, Inc., d/b/a
Process Chemicals, LLC, Greer, South 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 certification:
"All workers of Philchem, Inc., d/b/a Process Chemicals, LLC,
Greer, South Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 30, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 17th day of November, 2003

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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