DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,259

FOUR STAR PLASTICS
RICHMOND, KENTUCKY

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 services used
in the production of 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 February 14, 2011, filed by a company official on
behalf of workers of Four Star Plastics, Richmond, Kentucky
(Four Star Plastics). The workers at Four Star Plastics are
engaged in employment related to the production of component
parts (injection-molded plastic parts) for the automotive
industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Four Star
Plastics, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of component parts, meet the criteria as Suppliers
for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated or threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Four Star
Plastics produced and sold component parts to a firm that both
employed a worker group eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) and used the component parts supplied by Four
Star Plastics in the production of the article that was the
basis for the afore-mentioned TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the injection-molded
plastics parts supplied to the afore-mentioned firm accounted
for at least 20 percent of the sales of Four Star Plastics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Four Star Plastics,
Richmond, Kentucky, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of injection-molded plastic parts for the automotive
industry, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Four Star Plastics, Richmond, Kentucky who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 11, 2010, 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 15th day of March, 2011


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