DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,092

SUN CHEMICAL
PERFORMANCE PIGMENTS DIVISION
CINCINNATI, OHIO

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 March 31, 2008, in response
to a petition filed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Local 100, on behalf of workers of Sun Chemical, Performance
Pigments Division, Cincinnati, Ohio. The workers at the subject
facility produce organic pigments.
The workers were under existing adjustment assistance
certification (TA-W-57,987) which expired January 6, 2008.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject facility decreased.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customer regarding its purchases of organic pigments for
2006, 2007, and January through March 2008. The survey revealed
increased customer imports of organic pigments from 2006 to 2007
and again during the period January through March 2008.
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.
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 organic pigments produced by Sun
Chemical, Performance Pigments Division, Cincinnati, Ohio
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 Sun Chemical, Performance Pigments Division,
Cincinnati, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 7, 2008 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 20th day of May 2008

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