DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,357

SOLUTIA INC
TRENTON, MICHIGAN

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 February 25, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by the Paper, Allied Industrial,
Chemical, and Energy Workers International Union, Local 6196, on
behalf of workers at of Solutia Inc., Trenton, Michigan. The
workers at the subject facility produce phosphate chemicals.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined absolutely from during the period from 2002
to 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's
major declining customer regarding its purchases of phosphate
chemicals. This survey revealed increases in import purchases
of phosphate chemicals relative to purchases from the subject
facility 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 phosphate chemicals produced
at Solutia Inc., Trenton, Michigan, contributed importantly to
the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that facility or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Solutia Inc., Trenton, Michigan, engaged in
employment related to the production of phosphate
chemicals, 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 9th day of April, 2004.

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