DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,570

FMC CORPORATION
GREEN RIVER, WYOMING

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 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:
(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 sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on May 20, 2002, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at FMC Corporation, Green
River, Wyoming. The workers produce soda ash.




The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm did not import soda ash.
A substantial portion of the sales of the subject firm are
destined for the export market and thus not affected by imports.
United States aggregate imports of soda ash were negligible
(less than one percent of production) in 2001 and declined in the
first quarter of 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of FMC
Corporation, Green River, Wyoming, are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of August 2002.


/s/ Richard Church
_____________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment
Assistance