DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,026

PCS PHOSPHATE
A DIVISION OF POTASH CORPORATION
AURORA, NORTH 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 March 11, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at PCS Phosphate, a Division of Potash Corporation, Aurora,
North Carolina. The workers are engaged in employment related
to the production of diammonium phosphate and amber merchant
grade phosphoric acid.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Diammonium phosphate and amber merchant grade phosphoric
acid are not being imported either by PCS Phosphate, a Division
of Potash Corporation, Aurora, North Carolina. The subject firm
manufactures and exports these products to a foreign customer
base.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of PCS
Phosphate, a Division of Potash Corporation, Aurora, North
Carolina, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of March, 2002


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