DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,132

CENTURY ALUMINUM OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MAU WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
GOOSE CREEK, SOUTH CAROLINA

Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on February 12, 2016, applicable to
workers and former workers of Century Aluminum of South
Carolina, Inc., Goose Creek, South Carolina (subject firm). The
Department’s notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on January 11, 2016 (81 FR 1231). The workers
were engaged in the activities related to the production of
primary aluminum.
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification applicable to workers and former
workers of the subject firm.
The company reports that workers leased from MAU Workforce
Solutions were employed on-site at the Goose Creek, South
Carolina location of Century Aluminum of South Carolina, Inc.
The Department has determined that these workers were
sufficiently under the control of the subject firm to be
considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from MAU Workforce
Solutions, working on-site at the Goose Creek, South Carolina,
location of Century Aluminum of South Carolina, Inc.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-91,132 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Century Aluminum of South Carolina,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from MAU
Workforce Solutions, Goose Creek, South Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 11, 2014 through February 12,
2018, 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 11th day of May, 2016

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




DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,132

CENTURY ALUMINUM OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
GOOSE CREEK, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 November 11, 2015 by a company official, on behalf of
workers of Century Aluminum of South Carolina, Inc., Goose
Creek, South Carolina (Century Aluminum). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of primary
aluminum. Workers are not separately identifiable by article
produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and from customer surveys.
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 primary aluminum by Century Aluminum 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 Century Aluminum 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
Century Aluminum.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Century Aluminum of
South Carolina, Inc., Goose Creek, South Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of primary
aluminum, 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 Century Aluminum of South Carolina, Inc.,
Goose Creek, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
11, 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 12th day of February, 2016.

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