DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,367

FREEPORT-MCMORAN SIERRITA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FREEPORT-MCMORAN, INC.
GREEN VALLEY, ARIZONA

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 21, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita, Inc., a subsidiary of
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., Green Valley, Arizona (Freeport-
McMoRan). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the product of copper cathode and copper concentrate. Workers
are not separately identifiable by article produced. The subject
worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 copper cathode and copper concentrate by
Freeport-McMoRan have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Freeport-McMoRan have increased during the
twelve month period prior to the petition date.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Freeport-McMoRan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Freeport-McMoRan
Sierrita, Inc., Green Valley, Arizona, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of copper cathode and
copper concentrate, 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 Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita, Inc., a
subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., Green Valley,
Arizona, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 20, 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 20th day of February, 2016


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