DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,716

FREEPORT-MCMORAN SAFFORD, INC.
INCLUDING ALL RECLAMATION GROUP EMPLOYEES
SAFFORD, 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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm must
have become totally or partially separated or be threatened
with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or supply
of services like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign country
by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like
or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition must
have contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation. See Section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).


The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 30, 2009 on behalf of workers of Freeport-McMoRan
Safford, Inc., Safford, Arizona. The workers are engaged in
employment related to production of copper cathode. The worker
group includes all workers engaged in reclamation of the Safford
mine.
The investigation revealed that workers of Freeport-McMoRan
Safford, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to
production of copper cathode and reclamation of the Safford mine
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of the
workers have become separated from employment.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted the production of articles like or directly competitive
with copper cathode to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of copper cathode contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Safford, Arizona mine.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Freeport-McMoRan
Safford, Inc., including all reclamation group employees, Safford,
Arizona, who are engaged in employment related to production of
copper cathode and reclamation of the Safford mine, 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 Freeport-McMoRan Safford, Inc., including all
reclamation group employees, Safford, Arizona, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 21, 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 28th day of July, 2010
/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance