DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,820

MAVERICK TUBE LLC, DBA TENARIS COUNCE
COUNCE, TENNESSEE

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 November 10, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Maverick Tube LLC, DBA TenarisCounce, Counce,
Tennessee. The workers produce line pipe.
The investigation revealed that on November 24, 2009, the
International Trade Commission found that "countervailable
subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of
circular welded carbon quality steel line pipe from the People's
Republic of China," and publicly acknowledged Maverick Tube
Corporation as a member of the identified industry. A petition
has been filed on behalf of workers of Maverick Tube LLC, DBA
TenarisCounce. That firm 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 made on
November 24, 2008, 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 Maverick Tube LLC,
DBA TenarisCounce, Counce, Tennessee, who produce line pipe
("the worker group") 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 Maverick Tube LLC, DBA TenarisCounce,
Counce, Tennessee in the worker group, who became totally
or partially separated from that employment on or after
November 24, 2007, through the date of the certification
and who become totally or partially separated from that
employment from the date of the certification through
November 24, 2009, 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 10th day of December, 2009


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance