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TAW-93934  /  Fibrant, LLC (Augusta, GA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 10/22/2018
Filed Date: 06/28/2018
Most Recent Update: 08/16/2018
Determination Date: 08/16/2018
Expiration Date: 08/16/2020

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,934

FIBRANT, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF AUGUSTA HOLDCO, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AUSTIN INDUSTRIAL
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 June 28, 2018, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Fibrant, LLC, a subsidiary of Augusta Holdco, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Austin Industrial,
Augusta, Georgia ("Fibrant, LLC"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of caprolactam
and ammonium sulfate (bi-product).
The workers of Fibrant, LLC were certified eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number
TA-W-92,150, which expires on October 21, 2018.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of 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 sales and
production of caprolactam and ammonium sulfate (bi-product) by
Fibrant, LLC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article Fibrant, LLC have increased.
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
Fibrant, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fibrant, LLC, a
subsidiary of Augusta Holdco, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Austin Industrial, Augusta, Georgia, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of caprolactam
and ammonium sulfate (bi-product), 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, Augusta, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 22,
2018, 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 16th day of August 2018.

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