DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,693

LAKE COUNTY GREENHOUSE CORPORATION
CROWN POINT, INDIANA

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 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 January 24, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Lake County Greenhouse Corporation, Crown Point,
Indiana. The workers produce commercially-grown roses.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of roses in 2004, 2005, and
January 2006. The survey revealed that respondents increased
their reliance on imports while correspondingly decreasing
purchases from the subject firm in the relevant period.
In addition, United States aggregate imports of fresh cut
roses from all sources increased both in the period from 2004 to
2005 and in January-February 2006 compared with the same period in
2005.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with roses produced at Lake County
Greenhouse Corporation, Crown Point, Indiana, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Lake County Greenhouse Corporation, Crown
Point, Indiana who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 14, 2005 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 in Washington, D. C., this 25th day of April, 2006


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