DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,127

MID ATLANTIC OF WEST VIRGINIA
ELLENBORO, WEST VIRGINIA

Certification 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), the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of its 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) (A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 30, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Mid Atlantic of West Virginia, Ellenboro, West
Virginia. The workers at the subject facility produced hand
blown glassware and machine made marbles, or were in direct
support of production of hand blown glassware and machine made
marbles and are separately identifiable by work function and by
product line.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment
declined absolutely during the period 2001, 2002, and 2003. The
subject facility closed on January 30, 2004.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's
major declining customers regarding their purchases of hand
blown glassware and/or machine made marbles. This survey
revealed increases in imports of hand blown glassware and
machine made marbles during the period under investigation.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the facility are
age 50 or over and possess skills that are not easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with hand blown glassware and
machine made marbles produced at Mid Atlantic of West Virginia,
Ellenboro, West Virginia, contributed importantly to the total
or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production at that facility or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Mid Atlantic of West Virginia, Ellenboro,
West Virginia, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 26, 2003 through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under section 246 of the Trade
act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 15th day of March, 2004.

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