DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,820

INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY STEEL, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE CROWNE AUTOMOTIVE OE, LLC
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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 April 13, 2017, by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of International Specialty Steel, LLC, a subsidiary
of The Crowne Automotive OE, LLC, Detroit, Michigan.
(International Specialty Steel) The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of stainless steel tube.
The worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's major
declining customer(s).
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 sales and/or
production at International Specialty Steel have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the stainless steel
tube produced by International Specialty Steel have increased
during the relevant period when compared to the representative
base period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at International
Specialty Steel.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International
Specialty Steel, LLC, Detroit, Michigan who are engaged in
activities related to the production of stainless steel tube,
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 International Specialty Steel, LLC, a
subsidiary of The Crowne Automotive OE, LLC, Detroit,
Michigan, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 12, 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 12th day of January 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance