DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,717A

DYSTAR LP
CORPORATE OFFICE
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued an Amended Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on
December 12, 2003, applicable to workers of DyStar LP, Corporate
Office, Charlotte, North Carolina. The notice was published in
the Federal Register on January 26, 2004 (69 FR 3604).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
provide administrative support services for the production of
textile reactive dyes produced by DyStar LP.
New findings show that a DyStar LP certification for worker
adjustment assistance (TA-W-39,329) was amended on January 15,
2002, to include the workers of DyStar LP, Corporate Office,
Charlotte, North Carolina (TA-W-39,329A), who provided
administrative support services for the production of textile
reactive dyes. The notice of the amended certification was
published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2002 (67 FR
5295). That amended certification expired on December 7, 2003.
To avoid an overlap in worker group coverage, the amended
certification for TA-W-40,717A is again being amended to change
the impact date from January 9, 2001 to December 8, 2003.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-40,717A is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of DyStar LP, Corporate Office, Charlotte,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 8, 2003, through May 6,
2004, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.”

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 5th day of May 2004.

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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,717

DYSTAR L.P.
COVENTRY, RHODE ISLAND

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 eli-
gibility 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 in response to a petition
received on February 4, 2002, filed by a company official on behalf
of workers at DyStar L.P., Coventry, Rhode Island. The workers
produced textile reactive dyes.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in sales, production, and levels of
employment.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of the subject facility. The customer’s imports of
textile reactive dyes increased relative purchases from the subject
firm.
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 those produced by DyStar L.P., Coventry,
Rhode Island, 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 at DyStar L.P., Coventry, Rhode Island, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after January 9, 2001, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of May 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
__________________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance