DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,881

SUPERIOR FIBERS SHAWNEE, LLC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SUPERIOR FIBERS, LLC
SHAWNEE, OHIO

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 June 3, 2009 by Glass, Models, and Pottery Union 249
on behalf of workers of Superior Fiber Shawnee, LLC, a
subsidiary of Superior Fibers, LLC, Shawnee, Ohio (Superior
Fibers, LLC). The workers are engaged in employment related to
the production of continuous strand fiberglass matting for
reinforcement.
The investigation revealed that workers of Superior Fibers,
LLC who are engaged in employment related to production of
continuous strand fiberglass matting meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of continuous strand fiberglass matting by
Superior Fibers, LLC have decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
continuous strand fiberglass matting produced by Superior
Fibers, LLC have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of Superior Fiber, LLC
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Shawnee, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Superior Fiber
Shawnee, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Superior Fibers,
LLC, Shawnee, Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to
production of continuous strand fiberglass matting for
reinforcement 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 Superior Fiber Shawnee, LLC, a subsidiary
of Superior Fibers, LLC, Shawnee, Ohio, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after June 2,
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 21st day of October, 2009



/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance