DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,754

ALLEGHENY COLOR CORP./APOLLO COLORS, INC.
RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on March 30, 2006,
applicable to workers of Allegheny Color Corporation, a division
of Apollo Colors, Inc., Ridgway, Pennsylvania. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2006 (71 FR
19754).
At the request of the State agency and a company official,
the Department reviewed the certification for workers of the
subject firm. New information shows that a worker separation has
occurred involving an employee of the Ridgway, Pennsylvania
facility of Allegheny Color Corp./Apollo Colors, Inc. working out
of his home in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Mr. Paul Bacci provided
sales support services for the production of ink pigments at the
Ridgway, Pennsylvania location of the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include an employee of the Ridgway, Pennsylvania
facility of the subject firm working out of his home in Radnor,
Pennsylvania, and to correct the subject firm name to read
Allegheny Color Corp. /Apollo Colors, Inc.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the Ridgway, Pennsylvania location of the subject
firm who was adversely affected by increased customer imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-58,754 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Allegheny Color Corp./Apollo Colors,
Inc., Ridgway, Pennsylvania, including an employee of
Allegheny Color Corp./Apollo Colors, Inc., Ridgway,
Pennsylvania working out of his home in Radnor,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 30, 2005 through
March 30, 2008, 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 28th day of April 2006

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



DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,754

ALLEGHENY COLOR CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF APOLLO COLORS INC.
RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA

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 31, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Allegheny Color Corporation, a division of Apollo Colors
Inc., Ridgway, Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject firm
produce ink pigments.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at Allegheny Color Corporation declined in the relevant
period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s major
customers regarding their purchases of phthalo blue and green ink
pigments 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 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 phthalo blue and green ink
pigments produced at Allegheny Color Corporation, a division of
Apollo Colors Inc., Ridgway, Pennsylvania, 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 Allegheny Color Corporation, a division of
Apollo Colors Inc., Ridgway, Pennsylvania who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January 30,
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 30th day of March, 2006


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