DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,030

KT-GRANT, INC.
WORKING ON-SITE AT RG STEEL SPARROWS POINT LLC
EXPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

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 "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs
additional, value-added production processes or services
directly for another firm for articles or services with
respect to which a group of workers in such other firm has
been certified under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the
Act]" and defines the term "value-added production processes
or services" to "include final assembly, finishing, testing,
packaging, or maintenance or transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 2, 2012 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of KT-Grant, Inc., working on-site at RG Steel
Sparrows Point LLC, Export, Pennsylvania (KT-Grant). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply
of equipment maintenance and operation engineering services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 workers of KT-
Grant is a Downstream Producer to a firm or subdivision 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 service is related to the actual finished
article or service that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by KT-Grant with the aforementioned firm contributed
importantly to worker separations at KT-Grant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of KT-Grant, Inc.,
working on-site at RG Steel Sparrows Point LLC, Export,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of equipment maintenance and operational engineering
services 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 KT-Grant, Inc., working on-site at RG
Steel Sparrows Point LLC, Export, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after September 28, 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 9th day of November, 2012.


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