DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,052

SUEZ ENERGY GENERATION NORTH AMERICA
TRIGEN BIOPOWER GREENWOOD DIVISION
WORKING ON-SITE AT NATIONAL TEXTILES, TEXTILES DIVISION
HODGES, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 30, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Suez Energy Generation North America, Trigen BioPower
Greenwood Division, working on-site at National Textiles, Textiles
Division, Hodges, South Carolina. The workers operated equipment
producing steam on-site at the facility. The facility produces
knitted fabric.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
were engaged in operations integrally related to the production of
the fleece and jersey fabric produced at National Textiles,
Textiles Division, Hodges, South Carolina. Workers of National
Textiles at the Hodges facility were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance in a revised determination on June 17,
2005 (TA-W-56,969) based on a shift of production abroad. The shift
of production abroad also contributed importantly to the separation
or threat of separation at the subject firm.
In addition, 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 determine that workers of Suez Energy Generation
North America, Trigen BioPower Greenwood Division, working on-site
at National Textiles, Textiles Division, Hodges, South Carolina
qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Suez Energy Generation North America, Trigen
BioPower Greenwood Division, working on-site at National
Textiles, Textiles Division, Hodges, South Carolina who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 26, 2004, 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 20th day of October, 2005.

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