DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,110

DELTA WOODSIDE INDUSTRIES, INC.
DELTA MILLS FURMAN PLANT
FOUNTAIN INN, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 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:

(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 September 28, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Delta Woodside Industries, Inc., Delta Mills Furman Plant,


Fountain Inn, South Carolina. The workers produce nylon ripstop
cloth.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Nylon cotton ripstop cloth textiles are not being imported
either by Delta Woodside Industries, Inc., or by its major
declining customers.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Delta
Woodside Industries, Inc., Delta Mills Furman Plant, Fountain
Inn, South Carolina, are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 25th day of March, 2002


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