DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,460

CASCADE STEEL ROLLING MILLS, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
MCMINNVILLE, 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 February 12, 2016 by the United Steelworkers, Local
8378 on behalf of workers of Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, McMinnville, Oregon (herein referred to as
"Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc."). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of steel bars
(reinforcing and merchant) and wire rods.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, American Iron and Steel
Institute, United States International Trade Commission, and the
petitioner.
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 steel bars (reinforcing and merchant) and
wire rods by Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc. have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
United States imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the article produced by Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc.
have increased comparatively to a decline in aggregate United
States production.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate United States imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cascade Steel Rolling
Mills, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Schnitzer Steel
Industries, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals, McMinnville, Oregon, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of steel bars
(reinforcing and merchant) and wire rods 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 Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Schnitzer Steel Industries,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals, McMinnville, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 11, 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 1th day of May 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance