DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,213

NORANDAL USA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA

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 November 12, 2013 by the United Steelworkers of
America, Local 8573 on behalf of workers of Norandal USA, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum, Inc., Salisbury, North
Carolina. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of rolled aluminum. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Select Staffing.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of rolled aluminum by Norandal USA, Inc., a
subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum, Inc., Salisbury, North Carolina
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles supplied by Norandal USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Noranda
Aluminum, Inc., Salisbury, North Carolina have increased. The
Department surveyed the subject firm's major declining customer
regarding purchases of rolled aluminum in 2011, 2012 and January
through October 2013. The survey revealed increased imports of
rolled aluminum during the relevant period.
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
Norandal USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum, Inc.,
Salisbury, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Norandal USA, Inc., a
subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum, Inc., Salisbury, North Carolina,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
rolled aluminum 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 Norandal USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Noranda
Aluminum, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Select Staffing, Salisbury, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 8, 2012, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 3rd day of December, 2013


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