DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,551

CHEMICAL LIME CORPORATION – DOUGLAS PLANT
DOUGLAS, ARIZONA

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 January 14, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Chemical Lime Corporation – Douglas Plant, Douglas, Arizona.
The workers produced lime (calcium oxide).
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import lime (calcium oxide) during the relevant period.
A Department of Labor survey of the subject firm's major
customers revealed negligible imports of lime (calcium oxide)
products.
A petition for eligibility for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed by the company on behalf of
workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-5685).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Chemical Lime Corporation – Douglas Plant, Douglas, Arizona
engaged in employment related to the production of lime (calcium
oxide), are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of May, 2002.

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