DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,353

CHEMOURS CHEMICAL COMPANY
DIVISION OF TITANIUM TECHNOLOGIES
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE CHEMOURS COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KBR, KBR DESIGN,
PRECISION INSPECTION, VIRGINIA WASTE, HEGEMEYER, FRANKLIN,
EISCO, G4S, GCA, AND INSOURCE
EDGE MOOR, DELAWARE

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 19, 2016 by United Steel Workers International
(USW) on behalf of workers of Chemours Chemical Company,
Division of Titanium Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary
of The Chemours Company, Edge Moor, Delaware (Chemours
Chemical Company). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of titanium dioxide pigment. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from KBR,
KBR Design, Precision Inspection, Virginia Waste, Hegemeyer,
Franklin, Eisco, G4S, GCA, and InSource. The workers are not
separately identifiable by article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's customers.
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 titanium dioxide pigment produced by
Chemours Chemical Company 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 Chemours Chemical Company 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
Chemours Chemical Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chemours Chemical
Company, Division of Titanium Technologies, a wholly owned
subsidiary of The Chemours Company, including on-site leased
workers from KBR, KBR Design, Precision Inspection, Virginia
Waste, Hegemeyer, Franklin, Eisco, G4S, GCA, and InSource, Edge
Moor, Delaware, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of titanium dioxide pigment 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 Chemours Chemical Company, Division of
Titanium Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of The
Chemours Company, including on-site leased workers from
KBR, KBR Design, Precision Inspection, Virginia Waste,
Hegemeyer, Franklin, Eisco, G4S, GCA, and InSource, Edge
Moor, Delaware, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 18, 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 3rd day of May 2016.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance