DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,242

PSC METALS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFMARK
LONDON, KENTUCKY

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 14, 2015 on behalf of workers of PSC Metals,
Inc., London, Kentucky (herein referred to as "PSC Metals,
Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of ferrous and nonferrous metals. Specifically,
the workers provide value-added processes to scrap ferrous and
nonferrous bought at London, Kentucky for use by the Steel
mill and scrap metal broker customers. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Staffmark.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioners, and the
workers' firm's major declining customer(s).
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 of
ferrous and nonferrous metals by PSC Metals, Inc. have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by PSC Metals have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at PSC
Metals, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of PSC Metals, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Staffmark, London,
Kentucky, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of ferrous and nonferrous metals 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 PSC Metals, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Staffmark, London, Kentucky, 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 September 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance