DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,458

ABC COKE
A DIVISION OF DRUMMOND COMPANY, INC.
TARRANT, ALABAMA

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 January 29, 2018 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of ABC Coke, a division of Drummond Company,
Inc., Tarrant, Alabama ("ABC Coke"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of coke, light
oil, coal tar, and ammonium sulfate.
The investigation revealed that on March 7, 2017, the
United States International Trade Commission found that an
industry, including ABC Coke, Tarrant, Alabama in the United
States, is materially injured by reason of imports of ammonium
sulfate from China. A petition has been filed on behalf of
workers of ABC Coke. That firm was publicly identified by name
by the United States 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 7, 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 ABC Coke, a division
of Drummond Company, Inc., Tarrant, Alabama, engaged in
activities related to the production of coke, light oil, coal
tar, and ammonium sulfate 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 ABC Coke, a division of Drummond Company,
Inc., Tarrant, Alabama, 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 8th day of March 2018.

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