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TAW-92057  /  Chemours (Niagara Falls, NY)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/08/2015
Filed Date: 07/27/2016
Most Recent Update: 09/24/2016
Determination Date: 09/24/2016
Expiration Date: 09/24/2018

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,057

CHEMOURS
A SUBSIDAIRY OF THE CHEMOURS COMPANY, FC, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AECOM, KBR, GAINES
ELECTRICAL, DANFORTH, NATIONAL VACUUM, GCA, G4S, FRONTIER
INSULATION, AND NIAGARA FRONTIER CUSTOM FABRICATORS
NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK

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 July 27, 2016 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Chemours, a subsidiary of The Chemours Company, FC, LLC,
Niagara Falls, New York (Chemours). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of sodium and lithium
metal.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from AECOM,
KBR, Gaines Electrical, Danforth, National Vacuum, GCA, G4S,
Frontier Insulation, and Niagara Frontier Custom Fabricators.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the subject firm's major
declining customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Chemours 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 sodium and
lithium metal sales and/or production at Chemours have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the sodium and
lithium metal produced by Chemours have increased during the
relevant period when compared to import levels during the
representative base period.
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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chemours, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of sodium and
lithium metal, 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, a subsidiary of The Chemours
Company, FC, LLC, including on-site leased workers from
AECOM, KBR, Gaines Electrical, Danforth, National Vacuum,
GCA, G4S, Frontier Insulation, and Niagara Frontier Custom
Fabricators, Niagara Falls, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 8, 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 24th day of September 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance