DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,656

CHEMTRADE PERFORMANCE CHEMICAL LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS
KALAMA, WASHINGTON


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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 23, 2009 on behalf of the workers of Chemtrade
Performance Chemical LLC, a subsidiary of Chemtrade Logistics,
Kalama, Washington (Chemtrade Performance Chemical LLC).
Workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to
the production of sodium hydrosulfite and zinc oxide. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Chemtrade
Performance Chemical LLC, a subsidiary of Chemtrade Logistics,
Kalama, Washington who are engaged in employment related to
the production of sodium hydrosulfite and zinc oxide meet the
criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Chemtrade Performance Chemical LLC produced and sold sodium
hydrosulfite to a firm that employed a worker group who is
covered by an active certification to be incorporated into
newsprint.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Chemtrade Performance Chemical LLC with the TAA-certified
firm, with respect to sodium hydrosulfite sold to the TAA-
certified firm, contributed importantly to worker separations
at Chemtrade Performance Chemical LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chemtrade Performance
Chemical LLC, a subsidiary of Chemtrade Logistics, Kalama,
Washington who are engaged in activities related to the
production of sodium hydrosulfite and zinc oxide 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 Chemtrade Performance Chemical LLC, a
subsidiary of Chemtrade Logistics, Kalama, Washington, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 22, 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 3rd day of March 2010


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