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TAW-82818  /  Propex Operating Company, LLC (Nashville, GA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/17/2012
Filed Date: 06/18/2013
Most Recent Update: 07/02/2013
Determination Date: 07/02/2013
Expiration Date: 07/02/2015

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,818

PROPEX OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AMBASSADOR PERSONNEL, INC.
NASHVILLE, GEORGIA


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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 18, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Propex Operating Company, LLC, Nashville, Georgia
(hereafter referred to as "Propex Operating Company" or
"subject firm"). The workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of industrial fabrics, fiber for soil and
erosion control, concrete reinforcement, building
weatherization, and specialty products (collectively referred
to as "GEO textile products"). The workers are not separately
identifiable by article. The subject worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Ambassador Personnel, Inc.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the GEO
textile products manufactured by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Propex Operating
Company.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Propex Operating
Company, LLC, Nashville, Georgia, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of GEO textile products, 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 Propex Operating Company, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Ambassador Personnel, Inc.,
Nashville, Georgia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 17, 2012 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 2nd day of July, 2013


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