DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,032

MILLENNIUM PLASTICS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
EL PASO, 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 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 August 26, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Millennium Plastics Technologies, LLC, El Paso, Texas. The workers
produce molded plastic parts for vacuum cleaners.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation found that although layoffs occurred,
employment increased from 2000 to 2001, and again, from January
through August 2001 to January through August 2002.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import molded plastic parts for vacuum cleaners from 2000 to 2001
or during the period from January through August 2001 and January
through August 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of molded plastic parts for
vacuum cleaners. This survey revealed no import increases of
molded plastic parts for vacuum cleaners during the period under
investigation.









Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Millennium Plastics Technologies, LLC, El Paso, 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/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance