DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,207

BYNUM CONCEPTS, INC.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS

Certification 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 16, 2000 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Bynum
Concepts, Inc., Lubbock, Texas. The workers produce bath sponges.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm decreased during the period under
investigation. The investigation also revealed that the company increased
imports of bath sponges in the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with bath sponges producted at Bynum
Concepts, Inc., Lubbock, Texas, contributed importantly to the
decline in sales or and to the total or partial separation of
workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Bynum Concepts, Inc., Lubbock, Texas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 28, 1999, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-

tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 29th day of November, 2000.


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