DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,130

TRINSEO LLC
GALES FERRY, CONNECTICUT

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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 November 12, 2015 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Trinseo LLC, Gales Ferry, Connecticut. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of latex.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
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 latex by Trinseo LLC, Gales Ferry,
Connecticut have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)(aa) has been met because
customer imports of coated paper like or directly competitive
with coated paper incorporating latex produced by Trinseo LLC,
Gales Ferry, Connecticut which are directly incorporated have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports of coated paper contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Trinseo LLC, Gales Ferry,
Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Trinseo LLC, Gales
Ferry, Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of latex 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 Trinseo LLC, Gales Ferry, Connecticut, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 10, 2014 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 18th day of October 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance