DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,669

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
CHAMBERS WORKS ARAMIDS UNIT
DUPONT CHAMBERS WORKS
A SUBSIDIARY OF DOWDUPONT INC.
DEEPWATER, NEW JERSEY

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 March 23, 2018, by the United Steelworkers on behalf of
workers of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Chambers Works
Aramids Unit, DuPont Chambers Works, a subsidiary of DowDupont
Inc., Deepwater, New Jersey (E.I. du Pont de Nemours and
Company - Chambers Works Aramids Unit). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of
terephthaloyl chloride (TCI) and isophthaloyl chloride (ICI),
also referred to as aramid intermediates.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with article produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at E.I. du
Pont de Nemours and Company - Chambers Works Aramids Unit.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of E.I. du Pont de
Nemours and Company, Chambers Works Aramids Unit, DuPont
Chambers Works, a subsidiary of DowDupont Inc., Deepwater, New
Jersey, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of terephthaloyl chloride (TCI) and isophthaloyl chloride (ICI),
also referred to as aramid intermediates, 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 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company,
Chambers Works Aramids Unit, DuPont Chambers Works, a
subsidiary of DowDupont Inc., Deepwater, New Jersey, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 22, 2017, 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 24th day of April 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance