DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,746

EUREKA SECURITY PRINTING
JESSUP, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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 April 20, 2004, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Eureka
Security Printing, Jessup, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce traveler's checks (i.e. security engravings).
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(I)(C) and
(a)(II)(B) have not been met.



The investigation revealed that the subject firm
neither imported traveler's checks (i.e. security
engravings) from another country nor did the subject firm
shift the production of traveler's checks (i.e. security
engravings) to a country that is part of a free trade
agreement or a beneficiary country with the United States
through the period of the investigation.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
major declining customers regarding their purchases of
traveler's checks (i.e. security engravings) from the
subject firm during 2002, 2003 and January through April
2004 over the corresponding 2003 period. The subject
firm's major declining customers reported no imports during
the relevant period.
In addition, 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 for the Department to issue a certification
of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply
for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Eureka Security Printing, Jessup, Pennsylvania are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 26th day of May 2004.



/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance