DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-38,492
WELLMAN OF MISSISSIPPI, INC,
PEARL RIVER PLANT
BAY ST. LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI

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 January 2, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Wellman of Mississippi, Inc., Pearl River Plant, Bay
St. Louis, Mississippi. The workers are engaged in the
production of polyester textile fiber.
This investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of polyester textile
fiber. Most of the customers reported no imports. None of the
respondents reported increasing imports while reducing purchases
from the subject firm during the relevant periods of this
investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of Wellman of
Mississippi, Inc., Pearl River Plant, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of February, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance