DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,399

LOMAC LLC
MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN

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 in response to a petition
received on May 18, 2001, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Lomac LLC, Muskegon, Michigan. The workers are
engaged in the manufacture of 3,3' dichlorobenzene
dihydrochloride (DCB).
This investigation revealed that sales, employment and
production declined during the period of this investigation.
Further findings of the investigation revealed that
customers of the subject firm are relying on purchases of 3,3'
dichlorobenzene dihydrochloride (DCB) from abroad.

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 3,3' dichlorobenzene dihydrochloride
(DCB) produced at Lomac LLC, Muskegon, Michigan, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Lomac LLC, Muskegon, Michigan, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 18, 2000, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible 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