DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,352

TOWN OF CALHOUN FALLS
CALHOUN FALLS, SOUTH 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 May 8, 2006, in response to
a petition filed by an authorized representative on behalf of
workers of the Town of Calhoun Falls, Calhoun Falls, South
Carolina. Workers are engaged in the provision of municipal
government service operations including the provision of police,
fire, water, and sanitation services for the Town of Calhoun Falls,
South Carolina.
The investigation revealed that the Town of Calhoun Falls,
Calhoun Falls, South 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 workers municipal government 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 assistance
(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 Town of Calhoun
Falls, Calhoun Falls, South 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 23rd day of May 2006

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