DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,657

CHEVRON PHILIPS CHEMICAL
ORANGE, TEXAS

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 sepa-
rated;

(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 June 17, 2002, and filed
on behalf of workers at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company,
Orange, Texas. The workers manufacture high-density
polyethylene.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Petitioners allege the subject firm is starting up a
production facility in Qatar that has affected employment at the
subject plant. Findings of the investigation reveal, however,
that the subject firm does not import polyethylene from any
source.
Corporate-wide sales of Chevron Philips Chemical Company
have remained relatively constant in the last two years. The
subject firm transferred production from Orange, Texas, to an
affiliated domestic location causing separations at the subject
plant.
Conclusion

After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Orange, Texas are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of October 2002.

/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division
Of Trade Adjustment Assistance