DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,454

SIC PROCESSING USA, LP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS PERSONNEL
AND DE PAUL INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES WERE
REPORTED THROUGH XEN 1
PORTLAND, OREGON

TA-W-81,454A

SIC PROCESSING USA, LP
WORKING ON-SITE AT SOLAR WORLD
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS PERSONNEL
AND DE PAUL INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES WERE
REPORTED THROUGH XEN 1
HILLSBORO, OREGON

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream
Producer to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply
or production is related to the article or service that
was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the
component parts it supplied to the firm described in
paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of
the production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines
the term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies
directly to another firm component parts for articles, or
services used in the production of articles or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 28, 2012 by an other authorized representative
on behalf of workers of SiC Processing USA, LP, Portland,
Oregon (TA-W-81,454) and SiC Processing USA, LP, working on-
site at Solar World, Hillsboro, Oregon (TA-W-81,489A) The
worker group, herein known as SiC Processing USA, also
consists of on-site leased workers from Express Personnel and
De Paul Industries and of workers whose unemployment insurance
(UI) wages were reported through Xen 1. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of reclaimed
slurry (i.e. silicon carbide abrasive powder and polyethylene
glycol 200).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and its customers.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because SiC Processing USA
is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the reclaimed
slurry produced by SiC Processing USA for a firm that employed
a certified worker group accounted for at least 20 percent of
the production or sales of SiC Processing USA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SiC Processing USA,
LP, including on-site leased workers from Express Personnel
and De Paul Industries, including workers whose unemployment
insurance (UI) wages were reported through Xen 1, Portland,
Oregon (TA-W-81,454) and SiC Processing USA, LP, working on-
site at Solar World, including on-site leased workers from
Express Personnel and De Paul Industries, including workers
whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages were reported through
Xen 1, Hillsboro, Oregon (TA-W-81,489A), who are engaged in
activities related to the production of reclaimed slurry meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(b)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:



"All workers of SiC Processing USA, LP, including on-site
leased workers from Express Personnel and De Paul
Industries, including workers whose unemployment
insurance (UI) wages were reported through Xen 1,
Portland, Oregon (TA-W-81,454) and SiC Processing USA,
LP, working on-site at Solar World, including on-site
leased workers from Express Personnel and De Paul
Industries, including workers whose unemployment
insurance (UI) wages were reported through Xen 1,
Hillsboro, Oregon (TA-W-81,489A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 23,
2011 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 14th day of May, 2012.


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