DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,181

PINE RIVER PLASTICS, INC.
WESTMINISTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
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 March 26, 2007, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of the workers of
Pine River Plastics, Inc., Westminster, South Carolina.
The workers are engaged in the production of automotive
interior trim, and also produce other plastic products,
including acrylic lighting refractors. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment
at the subject firm declined from January through February
2007 over the corresponding 2006 period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's
major declining customers regarding their purchases of
automotive interior trim, and acrylic lighting refractors
in 2005, 2006 and in January through February 2007. The
surveys revealed that customers increased import purchases
of automotive interior trim while reducing purchases from
the subject firm.
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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program
that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the
Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion (2) has

not been met.

The investigation revealed the employees possess
skills that are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of
articles like or directly competitive with automotive
interior trim produced by Pine River Plastics, Inc.,
Westminster, South Carolina, 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 Pine River Plastics, Inc.,
Westminster, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March
22, 2006 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
I further determine that all workers of Pine River
Plastics, Inc., Westminster, South Carolina, are denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 22nd day of May, 2007



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