DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,804

AMERICAN GRASS SEED PRODUCERS
TANGENT, OREGON

TA-W-91,804A

STALFORD SEED FARM
TANGENT, 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.

A firm, together with any predecessor or successor-in-
interest, or together with any affiliated firm controlled or
substantially beneficially owned by substantially the same
persons, may be considered a single firm. 29 CFT 90.2
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 13, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of American Grass Seed Producers, Tangent, Oregon (TA-W-
91,804) and Stalford Seed Farm, Tangent, Oregon (TA-W-91,804A)
(hereafter collectively referred to as the "firm"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production and
distribution of grass seed. The worker groups do not include on-
site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and its customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in the 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 by the firm 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 the firm have increased during the relevant
period.
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 the firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the firm, who are
engaged in activities related to the production and distribution
of grass seed, 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 American Grass Seed Producers, Tangent,
Oregon (TA-W-91,804) and Stalford Seed Farm, Tangent, Oregon
(TA-W-91,804A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 12, 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 September 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance