DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,822

MAVERICK TUBE LLC, DBA TENARISCONROE
CONROE, TEXAS

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 TenarisConroe, Conroe, Texas.
The workers produce oil country tubular goods.
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
TenarisConroe. 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 TenarisConroe, Conroe, Texas, who produce oil country
tubular goods ("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 TenarisConroe,
Conroe, Texas, 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