DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,595

KLOECKNER METALS CORPORATION
14200 ALMEDA DRIVE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
HOUSTON INDUSTRIAL TRADESMAN, CONNECT STAFFFING,
PROSOURCE STAFFING, AUTOMATION PERSONNEL SERVICES, CASUAL
DRIVER LEASING, AND PRO DRIVERS
HOUSTON, TEXAS

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 March 2, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Kloeckner Metals Corporation, 14200 Almeda Drive,
Houston, Texas (Kloeckner Metals Corporation). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate. The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Houston
Industrial Tradesman, Connect Staffing, ProSource Staffing,
Automation Personnel Services, Casual Driver Leasing, and Pro
Drivers.
The investigation revealed that on February 26, 2018, the
International Trade Commission found Kloeckner Metals
Corporation as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in an affirmative final determination of
material injury or threat thereof. A petition has been filed on
behalf of workers of Kloeckner Metals Corporation, 14200 Almeda
Drive, Houston, Texas. 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 26, 2017, which would have
been 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 Kloeckner Metals
Corporation, 14200 Almeda Drive, including on-site leased
workers from Houston Industrial Tradesman, Connect Staffing,
ProSource Staffing, Automation Personnel Services, Casual
Driver Leasing, and Pro Drivers, Houston, Texas, engaged in
activities related to the production 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 Kloeckner Metals Corporation, 14200 Almeda
Drive, including on-site leased workers from Houston
Industrial Tradesman, Connect Staffing, ProSource
Staffing, Automation Personnel Services, Casual Driver
Leasing, and Pro Drivers, Houston, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from that employment on or
after February 26, 2016, through February 26, 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 10th day of May 2018.

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