DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,994

LIBERTY TIRE SERVICES OF OHIO, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF LIBERTY TIRE RECYCLING HOLDCO, LLC
BRADDOCK, 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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) 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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 15, 2013 on behalf of workers of Liberty Tire
Services of Ohio, LLC, a subsidiary of Liberty Tire Recycling
Holdco, LLC, Braddock, Pennsylvania. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of recycled
crumb rubber and rubber and metal wire by-products. Workers are
not separately identifiable.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and their major declining
customers.
Section 222(a)(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(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of recycled crumb rubber and rubber and metal
wire by-products by Liberty Tire Services of Ohio, LLC have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Liberty Tire Services of Ohio, LLC have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Liberty Tire Services of Ohio, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Liberty Tire Services
of Ohio, LLC, a subsidiary of Liberty Tire Recycling Holdco,
LLC, Braddock, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of recycled crumb rubber and rubber
and metal wire by-products 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 Liberty Tire Services of Ohio, LLC, a
subsidiary of Liberty Tire Recycling Holdco, LLC, Braddock,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 14, 2012 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 22nd day of October, 2013.


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