DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,009

HORSEHEAD CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF HORSEHEAD HOLDING CORPORATION
MONACA, 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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 21, 2013 by the United Steelworkers, Local
8183, on behalf of workers of Horsehead Corporation, a
subsidiary of Horsehead Holding Corporation, Monaca,
Pennsylvania (Horsehead Corporation). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of Prime Western
(PW) zinc metal and zinc oxide powder. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the PW zinc metal and zinc
oxide powder produced by the workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Horsehead
Corporation.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Horsehead
Corporation, a subsidiary of Horsehead Holding Corporation,
Monaca, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of Prime Western zinc metal and zinc oxide
powder, 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 Horsehead Corporation, a subsidiary of
Horsehead Holding Corporation, Monaca, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 20, 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 26th day of August, 2013

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