DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,474

GENERAL CHEMICAL PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

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 November 24, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of General Chemical Performance Products, Newark, New
Jersey. The workers produced sulfuric acid.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment all declined absolutely upon the subject facility's
shutdown on December 11, 2006.

The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's primary
customers regarding purchases of sulfuric acid in 2004, 2005 and
January through October 2006. The survey revealed increasing
customer imports during the relevant period.
United States aggregate imports of sulfuric acid increased
substantially from 2004 to 2005, and continued to increase through
October of 2006 compared with the same period in 2005.
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 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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with sulfuric acid produced at General
Chemical Performance Products, Newark, New Jersey, 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 General Chemical Performance Products, Newark,
New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 22, 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 28th day of December 2006

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