DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,524

HI-TECH PLASTICS
CHESAPEAKE DIVISION
CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND

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 December 20, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hi-Tech Plastics, Inc., Chesapeake Division, Cambridge,
Maryland. The workers at the subject firm manufacture injection
molded plastics. Workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
Workers of the subject firm held a certification to apply for
adjustment assistance (TA-W-52,250), which expired on July 22,
2005.
The investigation revealed that Hi-Tech Plastics, Inc.,
Chesapeake Division, Cambridge, Maryland supplies component parts
for power tools, and at least 20 percent of its production or sales
are supplied to a manufacturer of power tools whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for 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 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 Hi-Tech Plastics, Inc.,
Chesapeake Division, Cambridge, Maryland 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 Hi-Tech Plastics, Inc., Chesapeake Division,
Cambridge, Maryland who became totally separated from
employment on July 23, 2005, through two years from the date
of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 January 2006

/s/Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance