DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,101

VALLOUREC STAR, LP
A DIVISION OF VALLOUREC GROUP NA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MIDWEST INDUSTRIAL
CONTRACT SERVICES, LLC, AND INDUSTRIAL MILL MAINTENANCE, INC.
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO

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 August 5, 2015 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vallourec Star, LP, A Division of Vallourec Group
NA, Youngstown, Ohio (Vallourec). The workers’ firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of seamless pipe and
steel billets for the oil & gas, industrial, mechanical, and
construction industries. The subject worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Midwest Industrial Contract Services,
LLC, and Industrial Mill Maintenance, Inc. Workers are not
separately identifiable by article produced.
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 seamless pipe and steel billets for the
oil & gas, industrial, mechanical, and construction industries
by Vallourec have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Vallourec have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Vallourec.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vallourec Star, LP, A
Division of Vallourec Group NA, including on-site leased workers
from Midwest Industrial Contract Services, LLC, and Industrial
Mill Maintenance, Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of seamless pipe and steel
billets for the oil & gas, industrial, mechanical, and
construction industries, 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 Vallourec Star, LP, A Division of Vallourec
Group NA, including on-site leased workers from Midwest
Industrial Contract Services, LLC, and Industrial Mill
Maintenance, Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, 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 1st day of February, 2016.


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