DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,023

WEBCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
OKLAHOMA CARBON
SAND SPRINGS, OKLAHOMA

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 July 13, 2015 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Webco Industries, Inc., Oklahoma Carbon division,
Sand Springs, Oklahoma (herein known as "Webco Industries,
Inc." or "workers' firm"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of seam welded metal tubing
products used in energy, automotive, mining, agricultural and
durable goods products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the American
Iron and Steel Institute.
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 seam metal tubing products by Webco
Industries, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
U.S. imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Webco Industries, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate U.S. imports contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Webco Industries, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Webco Industries,
Inc., Oklahoma Carbon division, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of seam metal
tubing products 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 Webco Industries, Inc., Oklahoma Carbon
division, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 1,
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 8th day of April 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance