DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,332

QUANTUM RESOURCES RECOVERY, INC.
PORTLAND, 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 13, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Quantum Resources Recovery, Inc., Portland,
Oregon (herein referred to as "Quantum Resources Recovery,
Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of recycled materials, specifically scrap metal.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the firm's
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 scrap metal by Quantum Resources Recovery,
Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Quantum Resources Recovery have increased
in reliance to Quantum Resources Recovery, Inc.'s sales and
production.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer reliance on imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Quantum Resources Recovery, Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Quantum Resources
Recovery, Inc., Portland, Oregon, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of recycled materials, specifically
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 Quantum Resources Recovery, Inc., Portland,
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 24th day of February 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance