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TAW-71549  /  IPSCO Tubulars, Inc. (Blytheville, AR)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 12/07/2008
Filed Date: 07/06/2009
Most Recent Update: 02/16/2010
Determination Date: 02/16/2010
Expiration Date: 12/07/2010

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,549

IPSCO TUBULARS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF TMK IPSCO NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TEMPS PLUS INC. AND
WACKENHUT SECURITY
BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS

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(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal
Register; and
(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 6, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Ipsco Tubulars, Inc., a subsidiary of TMK Ipsco North America,
Blytheville, Arkansas. Workers produce oil country tubular
goods and the worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Temps Plus Inc. and Wackenhut Security.
The investigation revealed that on December 7, 2009, the
International Trade Commission found "that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of
certain oil country tubular goods from the People's Republic
of China ('PRC')" and publicly acknowledged TMK IPSCO as a
member of the identified industry. A petition has been filed on
behalf of workers of TMK IPSCO, Blytheville, Arkansas. TMK
IPSCO was publicly identified by name by the International Trade
Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in a category of determination that is
listed in Section 222(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f). In
addition, that determination was published in the Federal
Register (Vol. 75, No. 12, Page 3,248) on December 7, 2009,
which is within one year of the date of the petition filed
requesting TAA Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ipsco Tubulars, Inc.,
a subsidiary of TMK Ipsco North America, Blytheville,
Arkansas, who produce oil country tubular products, meet the
requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act. In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ipsco Tubulars, Inc., a subsidiary of TMK
Ipsco North America, Blytheville, Arkansas, including on-
site leased workers from Temps Plus, Inc., and Wackenhut
Security, who became totally or partially separated from
that employment on or after December 7, 2008 through
December 7, 2010, 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 16th day of February, 2010


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