DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,331

SUEZ ENERGY BIO-POWER,
A SUBSIDIARY OF GDF
SUEZ ENERGY NORTH AMERICA
FOREST CITY, 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, 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 3, 2008, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Suez Energy
Bio-Power, a subsidiary of GDF Suez Energy North America, Forest
City, North Carolina. The workers produce steam.
The investigation revealed that workers of Suez Energy Bio-
Power, a subsidiary of GDF Energy North America, Forest City, North
Carolina, were contracted to Hanesbrands Inc., Forest City, North
Carolina to provide steam for the manufacturing of knit fabrics.
Workers of Hanesbrands Inc., Forest City, North Carolina, were
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance during
the relevant period.
Worker separations at Suez Energy Bio-Power are the result of
the Hanesbrands plant closure.
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 addition, 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 products produced at Hanesbrands
Inc., contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers at Suez Energy Bio-Power, a subsidiary of GDF Energy North
America, Forest City, North Carolina, 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 Suez Energy Bio-Power, a subsidiary of GDF
Energy North America, Forest City, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 30, 2007 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 16th day of December, 2008



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