DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,103

EC PIGMENTS USA INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF EC US HOLDCO, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MONROE STAFFING AND SPHERION STAFFING
FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS

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 September 23, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of EC Pigments USA Inc., a subsidiary of EC US Holdco,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Monroe Staffing
and Spherion Staffing, Fall River, Massachusetts (subject
firm). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of organic pigments.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, major declining customers, and
public sources.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of organic pigments by the subject firm have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the subject firm have increased during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of EC Pigments USA Inc.,
a subsidiary of EC US Holdco, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Monroe Staffing and Spherion Staffing, Fall
River, Massachusetts, 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 EC Pigments USA Inc., a subsidiary of EC
US Holdco, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Monroe Staffing and Spherion Staffing, Fall River,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 20, 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 11th day of March, 2014

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