DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,669

GREAT LAKES CHEMICAL CORPORATION
NITRO, WEST VIRGINIA

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 On January 28, 2002, and
filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Great Lakes
Chemical Corporation in Nitro, West Virginia. The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of flame
retardant and fluid phosphate esters.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
declined at the subject plant during the relevant periods.
The company increased their imports of flame retardant and
fluid phosphate esters during the relevant period.



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 flame retardant and fluid phosphate
esters, 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 Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, Nitro,
West Virginia, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 14, 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 15th day of February, 2002.



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