DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,302

PACIFIC RECYCLING, INC.
EUGENE, OREGON

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 January 8, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Pacific Recycling, Inc., Eugene, Oregon (herein
referred to as "Pacific Recycling, Inc."). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of ferrous
and non-ferrous scrap metal. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product produced. Specifically, the workers of
Pacific Recycling, Inc. process and sort for sale ferrous and
non-ferrous scrap metal.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, 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
and production of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal by
Pacific Recyling, 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 Pacific Recyling, Inc. have increased in
reliance.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on customer imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Pacific Recycling, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pacific Recycling,
Inc., Eugene, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal 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 Pacific Recycling, Inc., Eugene, Oregon,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 7, 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 13th day of December 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance