DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,093

KEZAR FALLS WOOLEN COMPANY
A DIVISION OF ROBINSON MANUFACTURING COMPANY
PARSONSFIELD, MAINE

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance


In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on September 18, 2000, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Kezar Falls
Woolen Company, Parsonsfield, Maine (formerly known as Kezar
Falls, Maine). Kezar Falls Woolen Company is owned by Robinson
Manufacturing, located in Oxford, Maine. The workers were
engaged in the production of wool and wool blend fabric.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation further revealed that separations at the
subject firm were attributable to a corporate decision to
transfer production from Parsonsfield, Maine, to Oxford, Maine.
The Kezar Falls Woolen Company facility will be used as a
storage plant for raw wool and finished cloth.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm had no
imports of articles that are like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the subject firm.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's customers during the relevant period. The survey
revealed that none of the respondents increased imports purchases
of wool or wool blend fabric while decreasing purchases from the
subject firm during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Kezar
Falls Woolen Company, a division of Robinson Manufacturing
Company, Parsonsfield, Maine, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of January 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance