DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,927
PECHINEY PLASTIC PACKAGING, INC.
CLEVELAND, OHIO

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 eligibility 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 September 4, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers at Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. The workers produce flexible packaging and roll stock. The workers are not separately identifiable.
This investigation revealed that sales, employment and production declined during the period of this investigation.



The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's major customers regarding their purchases of flexible packaging and roll stock.
Findings of the investigation revealed that the subject firm's customers are increasingly relying on purchases of roll stock 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 roll stock produced at Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, 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 Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after August 10, 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 10th day of December, 2001
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance