DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,292

J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY
AGRIBUSINESS, MINING & MANUFACTURING - LATHROP PLANT
LATHROP, CALIFORNIA

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 9, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of J.R. Simplot Company, AgriBusiness, Mining &
Manufacturing - Lathrop Plant, Lathrop, California. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of sulfuric acid; ammonium sulfate, NPK granulated and polymer
coated fertilizers.
The investigation revealed that on March 7, 2017, the
International Trade Commission found that J.R. Simplot Company,
Lathrop, California is a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in an affirmative determination of
serious injury or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1). A
petition has been filed on behalf of workers of J.R. Simplot.
That firm was publicly identified by name by the International
Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in a category of determination that is
listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In
addition, that determination was published in the Federal
Register on March 2, 2017, which is within one year of the date
of the petition, filed requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of J.R. Simplot Company,
AgriBusiness, Mining & Manufacturing - Lathrop Plant, Lathrop,
California, engaged in activities related to the production of
sulfuric acid; ammonium sulfate, NPK granulated and polymer
coated fertilizers meet the requirements of Section 222(e) of
the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I make the
following certification:











"All workers of J.R. Simplot Company, AgriBusiness, Mining
& Manufacturing - Lathrop Plant, Lathrop, California, who
became totally or partially separated from that employment
on or after March 7, 2016, through the date of the
certification and who become totally or partially separated
from that employment from the date of the certification
through March 7, 2018, 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 19th day of December 2017.

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