DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,041

TREASURE COAST FASTENERS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM ADVANTAGE HR
FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA

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 October 3, 2012 by a state official on
behalf of workers of Treasure Coast Fasteners, including on-
site leased workers from Advantage HR, Fort Pierce, Florida
(Treasure Coast). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of collated nails used in the
commercial and home building industry.
The investigation revealed that on May 8, 2012, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of by reason of
imports of certain steel nails from the United Arab Emirates
and China.
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of
Treasure Coast. 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 8, 2012, which is
within one year of the date of the petition filed requesting
Trade Adjustment Assistance certification.


















Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Treasure Coast, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
collated nails used in the commercial and home building
industry, 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 Treasure Coast Fasteners, including on-
site leased workers from Advantage HR, Fort Pierce,
Florida, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 8, 2011 through May 8, 2013,
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/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance