DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,150

FIBRANT, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF AUGUSTA HOLDCO, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL AND AUGUSTA SERVICE COMPANY, INC.
AND INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
DSM CHEMICALS NORTH AMERICA LLC
AUGUSTA, 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; 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 August 29, 2016 by the company official on behalf of
workers of Fibrant, LLC, a subsidiary of Augusta Holdco, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Austin Industrial and
Augusta Service Company, Inc., including workers whose wages
were reported under DSM Chemicals North America LLC, Augusta,
Georgia (subject firm). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of caprolactam and ammonium sulfate.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm 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 subject firm
sales and/or production of caprolactam and ammonium sulfate by
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the subject firm have increased
significantly 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 the subject firm, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of caprolactam and
ammonium sulfate, 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 Fibrant, LLC, a subsidiary of Augusta
Holdco, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Austin
Industrial and Augusta Service Company, Inc., including
workers whose wages were reported under DSM Chemicals North
America LLC, Augusta, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 26,
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 21st day of October 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance