DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,409

FRONTIER SPINNING MILLS, INC.
CHERAW, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 22, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Frontier Spinning Mills, Cheraw, South Carolina.
The workers produced cotton and poly-cotton spun yarn.
The investigation revealed that workers of Frontier
Spinning Mills, Inc. who were engaged in employment related to
cotton and poly-cotton spun yarn meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of cotton and poly-cotton spun yarn by
Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc. have declined absolutely in the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with cotton
and poly-cotton spun yarns produced by Frontier Spinning
Mills, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of cotton and poly-cotton spun yarns and
or articles like or directly competitive by customers of
Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc. contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Frontier Spinning
Mills, Inc., Cheraw, South Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to cotton and poly-cotton spun yarn meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Frontier Spinning Mills, Inc., Cheraw,
South Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 18, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 14th day of August, 2009.


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