DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,130

CAROLINA COLOR & CHEMICAL COMPANY
CHARLOTTE, NORTH 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 September 12, 2007 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Carolina
Color & Chemical Company, Charlotte, North Carolina. The workers
at the subject facility produce dye mixtures for the textile
industry.
The investigation revealed that employment and sales
declined from 2006 to 2007.
The investigation revealed that Carolina Color & Chemical
Company, Charlotte, North Carolina supplies component parts for
woven textile fabric and carpets, and a loss of business with a
manufacturer of woven textile fabric and carpets whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
contributed importantly to the separation or threat of
separation of workers at Carolina Color & Chemical Company,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
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 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 workers at Carolina Color &
Chemical Company, Charlotte, North 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 Carolina Color & Chemical Company, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 25, 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 11th day of January 2008


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