DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,235

MAGNETATION LLC
PELLET PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER AND ACCOUNTEMPS
REYNOLDS, INDIANA

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 September 22, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Magnetation LLC, Pellet Plant, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower and Accountemps, Reynolds,
Indiana (herein referred to as "Magnetation LLC"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of iron ore pellets used in the steelmaking industry.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 Magnetation LLC 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
production of carbon steel slabs that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the iron ore
pellets produced by Magnetation LLC for a firm that employed a
certified worker group accounted for at least 20 percent of
the production or sales of Magnetation LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Magnetation LLC,
Pellet Plant, including on-site leased workers from Manpower
and Accountemps, Reynolds, Indiana, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of iron ore pellets used in
the steelmaking industry 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 Magnetation LLC, Pellet Plant, including
on-site leased workers from Manpower and Accountemps,
Reynolds, Indiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 6, 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 10th day of October 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance