DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,563

PLASTIC SPECIALTIES AND TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
HOSE DEPARTMENT
RIDGEFIELD, NEW JERSEY

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 December 1, 2008 in response to
a worker petition filed on behalf of workers of Plastic Specialties and
Technologies, Inc., Hose Department, Ridgefield, New Jersey. The
workers produced water hoses.
The investigation revealed that production and employment in the
Hose Department declined absolutely in December 2007.
The subject firm shifted hose production from the Ridgefield
facility to China. All of the transferred production is imported back
into the United States.
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 water hoses produced at Plastic Specialties and
Technologies, Inc., Hose Department, Ridgefield, New Jersey, 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 Plastic Specialties and Technologies, Inc., Hose
Department, Ridgefield, New Jersey, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 18, 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 in Washington, D. C., this 13th day of January, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance