DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,152

PETROCHOICE, LLC
CHISHOLM, MINNESOTA

TA-W-91,152A

PETROCHOICE, LLC
SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN

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 April 8, 2016, applicable to workers of
PetroChoice, LLC, Chisholm, Minnesota. The Department’s notice
of determination was published in the Federal Register on
January 11, 2016 (81 FR 1231).
At the request of the state workforce office, the
Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject
firm. The workers are engaged in supplying lubrication and
technician services. Workers are not separately identifiable by
the service supplied.
The company reports that PetroChoice, LLC, Superior,
Wisconsin (TA-W-91,152A) worked in conjunction with the workers
of PetroChoice, LLC, Chisholm, Minnesota (TA-W-91,152) and were
and were similarly affected.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-91,152 is hereby issued as
follows:
"All workers of PetroChoice, LLC, Chisholm, Minnesota
(TA-W-91,152), and PetroChoice, LLC, Superior,
Wisconsin (TA-W-91,152A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after
November 17, 2014 through April 8, 2018, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 15th day of June, 2016.

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





DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,152

PETROCHOICE, LLC
CHISHOLM, 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 18, 2015 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of PetroChoice, LLC, Chisholm, Minnesota
(PetroChoice). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of lubrication and technician services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because PetroChoice is a
Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers who received
a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to the finished
article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by PetroChoice with the firm that employed a
certified worker group contributed importantly to worker
separations at PetroChoice.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of PetroChoice, LLC,
Chisholm, Minnesota, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of lubrication and technician services, meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:

"All workers of PetroChoice, LLC, Chisholm, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 17, 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 April 2016.

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