DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,431

EVONIK CYRO, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF EVONIK INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
SANFORD, MAINE

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 26, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Evonik Cyro, LLC, a subsidiary of Evonik Industries,
Sanford, Maine. The workers are engaged in activities related to
production of acrylic cast sheet plastic. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Evonik Cyro,
LLC, who are engaged in activities related to production of
acrylic cast sheet plastic, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted production of acrylic cast sheet plastic to a foreign
country during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Sanford, Maine facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Evonik Cyro LLC, a
subsidiary of Evonik Industries, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, Sanford, Maine, who are engaged in
activities related to production of acrylic cast sheet plastic,
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 Evonik Cyro LLC, a subsidiary of Evonik
Industries, including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Sanford, Maine, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 22, 2009 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 5th day of August, 2010


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