DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,766

MISSION SOLAR ENERGY, LLC
AN INDIRECT WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF OCI COMPANY LIMITED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TRI-STARR PERSONNEL
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 28, 2017 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Mission Solar Energy, LLC, an indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of OCI Company Limited, San Antonio, Texas,
hereafter referred to as "MSE". The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of solar modules. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from Tri-
Starr Personnel. Workers are not separately identifiable by
article.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at MSE.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mission Solar Energy,
LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of OCI Company
Limited, including on-site leased workers from Tri-Starr
Personnel, San Antonio, Texas, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of solar modules, 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 Mission Solar Energy, LLC, an indirect
wholly owned subsidiary of OCI Company Limited, including
on-site leased workers from Tri-Starr Personnel, San
Antonio, Texas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 27, 2016 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 25th day of July 2017.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
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JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance