DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,630

EMERALD POLYMER ADDITIVES
AOA RESIN-D DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF EMERALD PERFORMANCE MATERIALS, LLC.
AKRON, OHIO

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 18, 2019 on behalf of workers and former workers
of Emerald Polymer Additives, AOA Resin-D Division, a subsidiary
of Emerald Performance Materials, LLC, Akron, Ohio (Emerald, AOA
Resin-D). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of technologically advanced specialty
chemicals. The subject worker group (Emerald, AOA Resin-D) is
engaged in activities related to the production of polymer
resin which is incorporated into passenger vehicles and light
truck tires.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Emerald, AOA Resin-D have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Emerald, AOA Resin-
D is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to the
finished articles that were the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the article
produced by Emerald, AOA Resin-D for a firm that employed a
certified worker group accounted for at least 20 percent of
Emerald, AOA Resin-D production or sales.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Emerald, AOA Resin-D,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
polymer resin, meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:







"All workers of Emerald Polymer Additives, AOA Resin-D
Division, a subsidiary of Emerald Performance Materials,
LLC, Akron, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 11, 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 24th day of May 2019.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance