DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,445
SCHOLLE CORPORATION
SCHOLLE CUSTOM PACKAGING
MANISTEE, MICHIGAN

TA-W-54,445A
INCLUDING AN EMPLOYEE OF SCHOLLE CORPORATION
SCHOLLE CUSTOM PACKAGING, MANISTEE, MICHIGAN
LOCATED IN MARIETTA, GEORGIA

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
on May 26, 2004, applicable to workers of Scholle Corporation,
Scholle Custom Packaging, Manistee, Michigan. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on June 17, 2004 (69 FR 33942).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
New information shows that a worker separation occurred involving
an employee of the Scholle Corporation, Scholle Custom Packaging,
Manistee, Michigan located in Marietta, Georgia. Mr. Scott
Fidler provided sales and customer support services for the
manufacture of dry liners, bulk bags and liquid IBC produced by
the subject company.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include an employee of Scholle Corporation,
Scholle Custom Packaging, Manistee, Michigan located in Marietta,
Georgia.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Scholle Corporation, Scholle Custom Packaging,
Manistee, Michigan who were adversely affected by increased
customer imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-54,445 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Scholle Corporation, Scholle Custom
Packaging, Manistee, Michigan (TA-W-54,445) and
including an employee of Scholle Corporation, Scholle
Custom Packaging, Manistee, Michigan, located in
Marietta, Georgia (TA-W-54,445A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March
5, 2003, through May 26, 2006, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 7th day of February 2006

/s/ Richard Church
_______
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,445

SCHOLLE CORPORATION
SCHOLLE CUSTOM PACKAGING
MANISTEE, 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), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
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 March 8, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of the workers
at Scholle Corporation, Scholle Custom Packaging, Manistee,
Michigan. The workers produce dry liners, bulk bags, and liquid
IBC and are separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that production and employment in
all three product areas declined from 2002 to 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s major
customers regarding their purchases of either dry liners, bulk
bags, or liquid IBC in 2002, 2003 and January through February,
2003-2004. The surveys revealed increased customer imports of each
of the respective products during the relevant time periods.
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 firm 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 conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Scholle
Corporation contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
“All workers of Scholle Corporation, Scholle Custom Packaging,
Manistee, Michigan who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 5, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of May, 2004.



/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance