DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,635

GREEN ACRE CREATION, INC.
LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK

Negative Determination 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 investigation was initiated in response to a
petition received on February 25, 2004, and filed on behalf
of workers at Green Acre Creation, Inc., Long Island City,
New York. The petition indicated that the workers produced
women's knitwear apparel. However, during the investigation
it was revealed that the worker's firm ceased all
production of knitwear apparel on December 2003, one year
prior to the date on the petition and thus outside the
relevant period of this investigation. The company
officially closed down April 28, 2004.
The investigation revealed that workers of Green Acre
Creation, Inc., Long Island City, New York, do not produce
an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, the worker group seeking certification (or on whose
behalf certification is being sought) must work for a
"firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
and there must be a relationship between the workers' work
and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The workers above did not produce
an article during the relevant time 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
Green Acre Creation, Inc., Long Island City, New York, 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 8th day of April 2005

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance