DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,272

GERDAU AMERISTEEL US INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GERDAU AMERISTEEL CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BARR, RUMPCA, G4S, FIRST CLASS MILL, NORTH AMERICAN REFRACTORY,
SPARKLE CLEANING, WAL-ZON, IMS, AND EXPRESS
SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA

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 21, 2015 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (Gerdau Ameristeel).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of steel bars. Workers are not separately identifiable
by article produced. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from BARR, Rumpca, G4S, First Class Mill, North American
Refractory, Sparkle Cleaning, Wal-Zon, IMS, and Express. The
petitioning workers were eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance under a prior certification (TA-W-82,373; expired
April 1, 2015).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and publically available sources.
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 steel bars by Gerdau Ameristeel have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles by Gerdau Ameristeel 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 Gerdau Ameristeel.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gerdau Ameristeel, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of steel bars,
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 Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from BARR, Rumpca, G4S, First Class
Mill, North American Refractory, Sparkle Cleaning, Wal-Zon,
IMS, and Express, Saint Paul, Minnesota who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after April 2,
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 7th day of March 2016.

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