DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,660

GOLD CANYON MINING AND CONSTRUCTION, LLC
APACHE JUNCTION, ARIZONA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 28, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Gold Canyon Mining and Construction, LLC, Apache Junction,
Arizona (Gold Canyon Mining and Construction). Workers at the
subject firm were engaged in construction services for booster
pump stations.
The investigation revealed that workers of Gold Canyon
Mining and Construction who are engaged in employment related
to construction services for booster pump stations meet the
criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers within the workers' firm have become separated from
employment during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of Gold
Canyon Mining and Construction provided construction services
in support of Freeport-McMoran Tyrone Mining, LLC, covered by
certification number TA-W-70,264 issued based on a shift in
production abroad.
Criterion III has been met because the construction
services provided by Gold Canyon Mining and Construction for
Freeport-McMoran Tyrone Mining, LLC accounted for at least 20
percent of the sales of Gold Canyon Mining and Construction.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gold Canyon Mining
and Construction, LLC, Apache Junction, Arizona, who are engaged
in employment related to construction services, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Gold Canyon Mining and Construction, LLC,
Apache Junction, Arizona, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 20, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the date of certification through two
years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 5th of November, 2009


/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance