DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-86,104

NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM IMKO WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
ATCHISON, KANSAS

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 June 18, 2015 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Northwest Pipe Company, Atchison, Kansas. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of carbon steel pipe and tubing in diameters ranging from 4.5"
to 16." The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from IMKO Workforce Solutions.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the United
States International Trade Commission.
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 carbon steel pipe and tubing in diameters
ranging from 4.5" to 16" by Northwest Pipe Company, Atchison,
Kansas have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
United State imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the article produced by Northwest Pipe Company, Atchison,
Kansas have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate United States imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Northwest Pipe Company, Atchison,
Kansas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Northwest Pipe
Company, including on-site leased workers from IMKO Workforce
Solutions, Atchison, Kansas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of carbon steel pipe and tubing in
diameters ranging from 4.5" to 16" 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 Northwest Pipe Company, including on-site
leased workers from IMKO Workforce Solutions, Atchison,
Kansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 17, 2014, 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 1th day of March 2016.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance