DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,396

FABRICAST VALVE, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AMERICAN WORK FORCE, EXPRESS SERVICES, INC. AND
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT
LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON

Notice of Negative Determination
After Statutory Reconsideration

As required by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization
Act of 2015 (TAARA 2015), which was enacted as Title IV of the
Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, Public Law No. 114-27,
section 405(a)(1)(A), the investigation into this petition was
reopened for a reconsideration investigation to apply the
requirements for worker group eligibility under chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the TAARA 2015, to the
facts of this petition (statutory reconsideration).
The initial investigation, initiated June 26, 2014, resulted
in a negative determination, issued on August 8, 2014, that was
based on the fact that there was no import increase and/or
production shift abroad. The determination was applicable to
workers and former workers of Fabricast Valve, LLC, Longview,
Washington (Fabricast). The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from American Work Force, Express Services, Inc.,
and Total Employment and Management. The workers’ firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of custom knife gate valves
and fabrication.
Based on information reviewed during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department of Labor determined that the
requirements for certification have not been met.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that imports of articles like or directly
competitive with custom knife gate valves and fabrication
produced by Fabricast Valve, LLC, Longview, Washington, have not
increased.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that the firm did not shift the production
of custom knife gate valves and fabrication or a like or directly
competitive article to a foreign country or acquire custom knife
gate valves and fabrication or a like or directly competitive
article from a foreign country.
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Fabricast Valve, LLC, Longview,
Washington is not a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of
workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Fabricast Valve, LLC, Longview,
Washington does not act as a Downstream Producer to a firm (or
subdivision, whichever is applicable) that employed a group of
workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
Finally, the group eligibility requirements under Section
222(e) of the Act, have not been satisfied either because Criterion
(1) has not been met since the workers’ firm has not been publicly
identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a
member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in an
affirmative finding of serious injury, market disruption, or
material injury, or threat thereof.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that the requirements of
Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272, have not been met and,
therefore, deny the petition for group eligibility of Fabricast
Valve, LLC, including on-site leased workers from American Work
Force, Express Services, Inc., and Total Employment and
Management, Longview, Washington, who were engaged in employment
related to the production of custom knife gate valves and
fabrication to apply for adjustment assistance, in accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 24th day of March, 2016


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance





DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,396

FABRICAST VALVE, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AMERICAN WORK FORCE, EXPRESS SERVICES, INC. AND
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT
LONGVIEW, WASHINGTON


Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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.
Workers of a firm may be eligible for worker adjustment
assistance if they satisfy the criteria of subsection (a) and
(b) of Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) and (b). For
the Department of Labor to issue a certification for workers
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), the
following three criteria must be met:
(1) The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm,
or an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2) The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied in one of two
ways:
(A) Increased Imports Path:
(i) sales or production, or both, at the workers' firm
must have decreased absolutely, AND
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
increased; and
(iii) the increase 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 or subdivision.
(B) Shift in Production Path:
(i) there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and
(ii)(I) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a
free trade agreement with the United States;
(II)the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a beneficiary
country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
(III)there has been or is likely to be an increase
in imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

For the Department to issue a secondary worker
certification under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(b), to workers of a Supplier or a Downstream Producer, the
following criteria must be met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article that
was the basis for such certification; and
(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
terms "Supplier" and "Downstream Producer."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 26, 2014 by the State of Washington on behalf of
workers of Fabricast Valve, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from American Work Force, Express Services, Inc.,
Total Employment and Management, Longview, Washington
(Fabricast). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of knife gate valves and custom fabrication.
The petition states "layoff due to shut-down of Canadian
market."
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and publically available
sources.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Fabricast did not shift production
of knife gate valves and custom fabrication, or like or
directly competitive articles, to a foreign country.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii), the
investigation revealed there has not been an increase in
imports of knife gate valves and custom fabrication by the
subject firm. From aggregate industry data the Department
collected, the investigation revealed that from YTD 2012 to
YTD 2013, U.S. imports for consumption of fabricated
structural metals, such as valves and other custom
fabrications or articles like or directly competitive with the
knife gate valves and custom fabrication produced by the
subject firm, decreased by 25.9%.
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the
Department did not receive information that Fabricast is a
Supplier to, or act as a Downstream Producer for, a firm (or
subdivision, whichever is applicable) that employed a group of
workers who received a certification of eligibility under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), based on an
increase in imports from, or a shift in production to, Canada or
Mexico.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA), the worker group must be certified eligible to apply for
trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified
eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Fabricast Valve,
LLC, including on-site leased workers from American Work
Force, Express Services, Inc., Total Employment & Management,
Longview, Washington, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974, amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of August 2014.

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