DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,255

REGAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA


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 on April 21, 2006, in response
to a petition filed by company official on behalf of workers of
Regal Manufacturing Company Incorporated, Hickory, North Carolina.
The workers performed in a shipping and handling capacity for the
distribution sales of covered rubber yarns.
The workers of the subject firm were covered by an adjustment
assistance certification (TA-W-54,492) which expired on April 4,
2006.
Findings of this investigation show that the has not produced
rubber yarn since November 2004. Since that time the workers have
been engaged in employment related to the distribution sales of
imported covered rubber yarns.
The Department determines that Regal Manufacturing Company
Incorporated, Hickory, North Carolina, does 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 distribution workers described
above do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article domestically and thus the worker group can
not be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in
production of an article.
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 assis-
tance (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 of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Regal
Manufacturing Company Incorporated, Hickory, North Carolina 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 5th day of May 2006

/s/Linda G, Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance