DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-64,851

GLENN SPRINGS HOLDINGS, INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE


Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on January 12, 2009 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Glenn Springs Holdings, Incorporated, a subsidiary of
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, New Castle, Delaware. The
workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to
refining, repairing, and distribution services. In particular, the
workers were involved in activities such as refining the facility
water, removing sludge from the machines, repairing the building
electrical system, and distributing anhydrous potassium hydroxide
(chlorine) during the relevant period.
The subject firm was certified under a previous certification
(TA-W-58,508) on January 12, 2006 which expired on January 12,
2008.

Glenn Springs Holdings, Incorporated, a subsidiary of
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, New Castle, Delaware, does not
produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and there must be a relationship between
the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision.
The workers described above do not support a firm or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically and
thus the worker group cannot be considered import impacted or
affected by a shift in production of an article.
The investigation also revealed that the firm ceased
production during the last quarter of 2007 which is beyond the
relevant period of this investigation.
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 worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATA
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Glenn Springs
Holdings, Incorporated, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum
Corporation, New Castle, Delaware, are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 4th day of March 2009



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