DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,555

WHITE PINE COPPER REFINERY
A SUBSIDIARY OF HUDSON BAY MINING AND SMELTING CO., LIMITED
WHITE PINE, MICHIGAN

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 August 23, 2010 by the United Steel, Paper and
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and
Service Workers International Union, District 2, Local 5024
on behalf of workers of White Pine Copper Refinery, a
subsidiary of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited,
White Pine, Michigan. The workers are engaged in activities
related to production of copper cathodes.
The investigation revealed that workers of White Pine
Copper Refinery, who are engaged in activities related to
production of copper cathode, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Hudson Bay Mining
and Smelting Co., Limited has shifted to a foreign country the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by White Pine Copper Refinery.
Specifically, the firm has increased production of articles at
an earlier stage of production in a foreign country relative
to production of copper cathode at White Pine Copper Refinery.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at White Pine Copper Refinery.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of White Pine Copper
Refinery, a subsidiary of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co.,
Limited, White Pine, Michigan, who are engaged in activities
related to production of copper cathode, 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 White Pine Copper Refinery, a subsidiary
of Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co., Limited, White
Pine, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 6, 2009, 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 7th day of December, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe_______________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance