DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,683

E.I.DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
DUPONT PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES DIVISION
OLD HICKORY PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM SCHENKER LOGISTICS, INC.
OLD HICKORY, TENNESSEE

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 28, 2009, by the Tennessee AFL-CIO on behalf of
workers of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, DuPont
Protection Technologies Division, Old Hickory Plant, Old
Hickory, Tennessee, (DuPont Old Hickory). The workers produce
nonwoven fabrics.
The investigation revealed that the worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Schenker Logistics, Inc.
The investigation further revealed that workers of DuPont
Old Hickory who are engaged in employment related to the
production of nonwoven fabrics meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined by at least five percent during the
period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of nonwoven fabrics by DuPont Old Hickory
have decreased absolutely during the period under
investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with nonwoven fabrics by
DuPont Old Hickory have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of nonwoven fabrics by customers of
DuPont Old Hickory contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at DuPont Old
Hickory.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of E.I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company, DuPont Protection Technologies Division,
Old Hickory Plant, Old Hickory, Tennessee, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of nonwoven fabrics 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 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, DuPont
Protection Technologies Division, Old Hickory Plant,
including on-site leased workers from Schenker Logistics,
Inc., Old Hickory, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 26,
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 23rd day of November, 2009.


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance