DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,951

NORANDA ALUMINA, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF NORANDA ALUMINUM HOLDING CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DMI CONTRACTORS, INC.
GRAMERCY, LOUISIANA

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 June 23, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Noranda Alumina, LLC, a subsidiary of Noranda
Aluminum Holding Corporation, including on-site leased workers
from DMI Contractors Inc., Gramercy, Louisiana (herein
referred to as "Noranda Alumina, LLC"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of alumina.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, United States Geological
Survey, and United States International Trade Commission.
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 alumina by Noranda Alumina, LLC have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because increased
reliance on aggregate United States imports of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by Noranda
Alumina, LLC have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased United States aggregate imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Noranda Alumina, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Noranda Alumina, LLC,
a subsidiary of Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from DMI Contractors, Inc., Gramercy,
Louisiana, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of alumina 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 Noranda Alumina, LLC, a subsidiary of
Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from DMI Contractors, Inc., Gramercy,
Louisiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 21, 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 8th day of July 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance