DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,151

SHERWOOD VALVE LLC
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MUELLER INDUSTRIES
WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 19, 2015 by the United Steelworkers of America,
Local 7139-02 on behalf of workers of Sherwood Valve LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Mueller Industries, Washington,
Pennsylvania (herein known as "Sherwood Valve LLC" or
"workers' firm"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of valves used in industrial gas,
liquid petroleum gas, and refrigeration applications.
The worker group was certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under petition number TA-W-82,530. The
certification expired on June 7, 2015.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 valves by Sherwood Valve LLC have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because firm
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Sherwood Valve LLC have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased firm imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Sherwood
Valve LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sherwood Valve LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Mueller Industries, Washington,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of valves 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 Sherwood Valve LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Mueller Industries, Washington,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 8, 2015, 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 24th day of March 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance