DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,664

MAINE POLY INCORPORATED
GREENE, 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 subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on July 23, 2001 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Maine Poly Inc.,
Greene, Maine. The workers produced plastic film packaging.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Department surveyed the major declining customers of Maine
Poly Inc. regarding their purchases of electro-static dissipated
(ESD) film packaging during 1999, 2000 and January-June 2001. The
survey revealed that respondents that accounted for an
insignificant percentage of the subject firm's 2000 sales of ESD
increased their purchases of imports while decreasing their
purchases from the subject firm during the relevant period.
The Department surveyed the major declining customers of Maine
Poly Inc. regarding their purchases of plain/printed film packaging
during 1999, 2000 and January-June 2001. The survey revealed that
none of the respondents imported during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Maine
Poly Inc., Greene, Maine, engaged in employment related to the
production of plastic film packaging, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 11th day of February, 2002

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