DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,347

WELLMAN, INCORPORATED
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
ALSO KNOWN AS FIBER INDUSTRIES, INC.
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA

TA-W-61,347A

INCLUDING EMPLOYEES IN SUPPORT OF
WELLMAN, INCORPORATED, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
ALSO KNOWN AS FIBER INDUSTRIES, INC.
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA
WORKING OUT OF FRESH MEADOW, NEW YORK AND COMMACK, NEW YORK

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on May 4, 2007,
applicable to workers of Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative
Offices, Fort Mill, South Carolina. The notice was published in
the Federal Register on May 17, 2007 (72 FR 27853). The
certification was amended on January 12, 2009 to include workers
of the Administrative Office working out of Fresh Meadow, New
York and Commack, New York. The notice was published in the
Federal Register on January 12, 2009 (74 FR 4462).
At the request of the subject firm official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in providing technical and administrative
support services for the firm’s production of polyester and nylon
fibers.
New information shows that some of the workers’ wages are
being reported under a separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax
account for Fiber Industries, Inc.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to include workers of the subject firm whose UI wages are
reported under the also known as name, Fiber Industries, Inc.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers at Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative Offices,
Fort Mill, South Carolina who were secondarily affected as an
upstream supplier for a trade certified primary firm.



The amended notice applicable to TA-W-61,347 and TA-W-
61,347A is hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Wellman, Incorporated, Administrative
Offices, also known as Fiber Industries, Inc., Fort
Mill, South Carolina, (TA-W-61,347), including
employees in support of Wellman, Incorporated,
Administrative Offices, also known as Fiber Industries,
Inc., Fort Mill, South Carolina, located in Fresh
Meadow, New York and Commack, New York, New York (TA-W-
61,347A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 11, 2006, through May
4, 2009, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 14th day of May 2009


/s/ Linda G. Poole_____________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,347

WELLMAN INCORPORATED
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 20, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Wellman Incorporated, Administrative Offices, Fort Mill, South
Carolina. The workers are engaged in providing technical and
administrative support services.

The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined from April 2006 to April 2007.
The investigation revealed that the workers are in support the
firm’s production of polyester and nylon fibers. On December 4,
2006, all workers of Wellman Inc., Johnsonville, South Carolina,
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group under petition number TA-W-
60,395.
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 firm are age 50 or over
and do not possess skills that are easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wellman Incorporated,
Administrative Offices, Fort Mill, South Carolina, qualify as
adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
“All workers of Wellman Incorporated, Administrative Offices,
Fort Mill, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 11, 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 are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 4th day of May 2007.



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







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