DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,472

PDM STEEL SERVICE CENTERS, INC.
DIVISION 74
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CORNERSTONE STAFFING
STOCKTON, 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 January 29, 2018 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of PDM Steel Service Centers, Inc., Division
74, including on-site leased workers from Cornerstone
Staffing, Stockton, California (PDM Steel). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the distribution of carbon
and alloy steel cut-to-length plate.
The investigation revealed that the International Trade
Commission (ITC) found that, pursuant to the Tariff Act of
1930, an industry in the United States is materially injured
by reason of imports of carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length
plate. PDM Steel was publicly identified by name by the ITC 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 Trade Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that
determination was published in the Federal Register on May 23,
2017, which is within one year of the date of the Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of PDM Steel Service
Centers, Inc., Division 74, Stockton, California, engaged in
activities related to the distribution of carbon and alloy steel
cut-to-length plate, 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 PDM Steel Service Centers, Inc., Division
74, including on-site leased workers from Cornerstone
Staffing, Stockton, California, who became totally or
partially separated from that employment on or after May
23, 2016, through the date of the certification and who
become totally or partially separated from that employment
from the date of the certification through May 23, 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 22nd day of March 2018.

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