DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,342

BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATION
OFF ROAD TIRE PLANT
NORMAL, ILLINOIS

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 December 5, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operation, Off Road
Tire Plant, Normal, Illinois ("Bridgestone Americas Tire
Operation"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of tires for mining business and off-road-
tires.
The investigation revealed that on February 28, 2017, the
International Trade Commission found pursuant to the Tariff Act
of 1930 (''the Act''), that an industry, including Bridgestone
Americas Tire Operation, Normal ("known as Bloomington"),
Illinois, in the United States is materially injured by reason
of imports of certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires from
India, provided for in headings 4011, 8431, 8709, and 8716 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that have
been found by the Department of Commerce (''Commerce'') to be
sold in the United States at less than fair value (''LTFV'') and
subsidized by the government of India, and by reason of imports
of certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires found by Commerce to
be subsidized by the government of Sri Lanka. A petition has
been filed on behalf of workers of Bridgestone Americas Tire
Operation. 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 February 28, 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 the worker group from
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operation, Off Road Tire Plant,
Normal, Illinois, engaged in activities related to the
production of tires for mining business and off-the-road-tires
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 the worker group from Bridgestone Americas
Tire Operation, Off Road Tire Plant, Normal, Illinois, who
became totally or partially separated from that employment
on or after February 28, 2016, through the date of the
certification and who become totally or partially separated
from that employment from the date of the certification
through February 28, 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 7th day of February 2018.

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