DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,760

BIDDEFORD TEXTILE CORP.
BIDDEFORD, 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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on March 5, 2001, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Biddeford Textile
Corp., Biddeford, Maine. The workers produce electric blanket
shells.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that neither the company nor its
sole customer import electric blanket shells.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Biddeford Textile Corp., Biddeford, Maine, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 30th day of July 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole


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