DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,375

SOLARTECH UNIVERSAL, LLC
RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA

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 15, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of SolarTech Universal, LLC, Riviera Beach, Florida. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of PV Solar Modules used for residential and commercial energy
generation.
The investigation revealed that on November 21, 2017, the
International Trade Commission found pursuant to section
202(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 that crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells (whether or not partially or fully
assembled into other products) ("CSVP products") are being
imported into the United States in such increased quantities
as to be a substantial cause of serious injury to the domestic
industry, including SolarTech Universal, LLC, Riviera Beach,
Florida producing an article like or directly competitive with
the imported article.
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of SolarTech
Universal, LLC, Riviera Beach, Florida. 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 November 21, 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 SolarTech Universal,
LLC, Riviera Beach, Florida, engaged in activities related to
the production of PV Solar Modules used for residential and
commercial energy generation 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 SolarTech Universal, LLC, Riviera Beach,
Florida, who became totally or partially separated from that
employment on or after November 21, 2016, through the date of
the certification and who become totally or partially
separated from that employment from the date of the
certification through November 21, 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 25th day of January 2018.

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