DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,930

SHAW MUDGE AND COMPANY
SHELTON, CONNECTICUT

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, 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.
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 August 21, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a state agency representative on behalf of
workers of Shaw Mudge and Company, Shelton, Connecticut. Workers
manufacture fragrances.
Employment, sales, and production at the subject firm declined
during the period of January through September 2006, when compared
to the same time period in 2005.



The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
fragrances in full year 2004, full year 2005, and the periods of
January through August 2005 and January through August 2006. The
surveys revealed an increase in import purchases of fragrances
during the period under investigation.
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 subject 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 in imports of fragrances
like or directly competitive with those produced by Shaw Mudge and
Company, Shelton, Connecticut, 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 Shaw Mudge and Company, Shelton, Connecticut,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 18, 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 11th day of October 2006


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