DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,175

TERRISOL CORPORATION
D/B/A KARSTEN AMERICA
TROUTMAN, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-60,175A

TERRISOL CORPORATION
D/B/A KARSTEN AMERICA
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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 October 2, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Terrisol Corporation, D/B/A Karsten America, Troutman,
North Carolina (TA-W-60,175), and Terrisol Corporation, D/B/A
Karsten America, New York, New York (TA-W-60,175A).
Workers of the firm in Troutman, North Carolina, are office
staff, and are also engaged in warehousing and distribution of home
linens. The workers of the firm in New York, New York are engaged
in sales and design of home linens.



The investigation revealed that workers of Terrisol
Corporation, D/B/A Karsten America in Troutman, North Carolina (TA-
W-60,175), and Terrisol Corporation, D/B/A Karsten America, New
York, New York (TA-W-60,175A), do 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 described above do not support a firm or appropriate
subdivision that produces an article domestically and thus the
worker group cannot 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 Terrisol
Corporation, D/B/A Karsten America, Troutman, North Carolina (TA-W-
60,175), and Terrisol Corporation, D/B/A Karsten America, New York,
New York (TA-W-60,175A), 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 6th day of November 2006


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