DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,644

SAPA EXTRUSIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PERSONNEL PLUS
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
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 May 19, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Sapa Extrusions, City of Industry, California (Sapa
Extrusions). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of aluminum extrusions used in commercial and
residential building materials. The subject worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Personnel Plus.
The investigation revealed that on May 19, 2011, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
certain aluminum extrusions from China, other than finished heat
sinks.
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of Sapa
Extrusions. 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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e).
In addition, that determination was published in the Federal
Register on May 19, 2011, which is within one year of the date of
the petition filed requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sapa Extrusions, City
of Industry, California, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of aluminum extrusions used in commercial and
residential building materials, meet the requirements of Section
222(e) of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Sapa Extrusions, including on-site leased
workers from Personnel Plus, City of Industry, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after May 19, 2010 through May 19, 2012, 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 31st day of July, 2012


/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance