DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,131

A.P. GREEN REFRACTORIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF A.P. GREEN INDUSTRIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HARBISON WALKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RELIABLE STAFFING SERVICES
OAK HILL, 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 September 24, 2015 on behalf of workers of A.P. Green
Refractories, Inc., a subsidiary of A.P. Green Industries, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Harbison Walker International, Inc., Oak Hill,
Ohio (A.P. Green Refractories). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of refractory monolithics.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product line. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from Reliable
Staffing Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 sales and/or
production at A.P. Green Refractories have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
A.P. Green Refractories have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at A.P. Green
Refractories.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of A.P. Green
Refractories, Inc., Oak Hill, Ohio, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of refractory monolithics, 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 A.P. Green Refractories, Inc., a subsidiary
of A.P. Green Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Harbison
Walker International, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Reliable Staffing Services, Oak Hill, 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 29th day of November 2015.

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