DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,506

EVERGREEN MANUFACTURING GROUP, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED THROUGH
EVERGREEN TRADING COMPANY, LLC
MADAWASKA, 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:
(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 February 24, 2016, by the company official on behalf of
workers of Evergreen Manufacturing Group, LLC, including workers
whose wages were reported through Evergreen Trading Company,
LLC, Madawaska, Maine (Evergreen). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of bottles and packaging
for perfume. The workers are not separately identifiable by the
articles produced. The subject worker group does not include
any on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, its major declining customer(s),
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 bottles and packaging by Evergreen have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Evergreen have increased during the relevant
period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Evergreen.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Evergreen Manufacturing
Group, LLC, Madawaska, Maine, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of bottles and packaging, 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 Evergreen Manufacturing Group, LLC,
including workers whose wages were reported through
Evergreen Trading Company, LLC, Madawaska, Maine, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 24, 2015, 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 26th day of May 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance