DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,246

ARISTECH CHEMICAL CORPORATION
NEVILLE ISLAND PLANT
NEVILLE ISLAND, PENNSYLVANIA

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, 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.
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 in response to a petition
received on October 1, 2007, and filed on behalf of workers at
Aristech Chemical Corporation, Neville Island Plant, Neville
Island, Pennsylvania. The petition was filed under Sunoco
Chemicals, but the investigation revealed that the subject firm is
called Aristech Chemical Corporation, and its parent company is
Sunoco Chemicals. The workers produce plasticizers.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject facility during the relevant
period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customer regarding its purchases of
plasticizers during 2005, 2006, and January through October 2007
over the corresponding 2006 period. The survey revealed that a
major customer increased its purchases of imported plasticizers,
while decreasing its purchases from the subject firm during the
relevant time period.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with plasticizers produced at Aristech
Chemical Corporation, Neville Island Plant, Neville Island,
Pennsylvania, 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 Aristech Chemical Corporation, Neville Island
Plant, Neville Island, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 1,
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 in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of November 2007.



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance