DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,340

NORANDA ALUMINUM, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER
NEW MADRID, MISSOURI

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 December 30, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Noranda Aluminum, Inc., New Madrid, Missouri
(Noranda Aluminum). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of aluminum, specifically smelter,
billets, and rods. The workers are not separately identifiable
by product produced. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Manpower.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, United States Geological
Survey, United States International Trade Commission, and The
Aluminum Association.
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 of
aluminum by Noranda Aluminum have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because increased
reliance on aggregate United States imports of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by Noranda
Aluminum have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance of aggregate U.S. imports of aluminum
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales declines at Noranda Aluminum.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Noranda Aluminum,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Manpower, New
Madrid, Missouri, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of aluminum, specifically smelter, billets, and rods,
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 Noranda Aluminum, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, New Madrid, Missouri, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 26, 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 4th day of February, 2014.

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