DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,162

SUNCOKE TECHNOLOGY & DEVELOPMENT LLC
CAPITAL PROJECTS GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF SUNCOKE ENERGY, INC.
WORKING ON-SITE AT HAVERHILL COKE COMPANY LLC
FRANKLIN FURNACE, OHIO

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 31, 2016 on behalf of workers of SunCoke
Technology & Development LLC, Capital Projects Group, a
subsidiary of SunCoke Energy, Inc., working on-site at
Haverhill Coke Company LLC, Franklin Furnace, Ohio ( "SunCoke
Energy, Inc."). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of coke and supply of coal handling
and/or mixing services. The subject worker group is engaged
in activities related to the supply of project development,
engineering, and construction of capital improvements services
to plant production and operating equipment.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners, the workers' firm, and the
major decline customer(s) of the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because SunCoke Energy,
Inc. is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by SunCoke Energy, Inc. with the firm that employed a
certified worker group contributed importantly to worker
separations at SunCoke Energy, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SunCoke Technology &
Development LLC, Capital Projects Group, a subsidiary of
SunCoke Energy, Inc., working on-site at Haverhill Coke
Company LLC, Franklin Furnace, Ohio, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of supply of project
development, engineering, and construction of capital
improvements services to plant production and operating
equipment meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of SunCoke Technology & Development LLC,
Capital Projects Group, a subsidiary of SunCoke Energy,
Inc., working on-site at Haverhill Coke Company LLC,
Franklin Furnace, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 30, 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 21st day of November 2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance