DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,615

BYER STEEL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, CB STAFFING, GUARDIAN STAFFING SOLUTIONS LLC,
AND EXCEL STAFFING SERVICES
CINCINNATI, OHIO

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 7, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Byer Steel, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek, CB Staffing, Guardian Staffing Solutions LLC, and
Excel Staffing Services, Cincinnati, Ohio (Byer Steel). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of rebar used in concrete.
The investigation revealed that on July 7, 2017, the Unite
States International Trade Commission found that an industry in
the United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
steel concrete reinforcing bar. A petition has been filed on
behalf of workers of Byer Steel, Cincinnati, Ohio. 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 July 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 Byer Steel, including
on-site leased workers from Aerotek, CB Staffing, Guardian
Staffing Solutions LLC, and Excel Staffing Services,
Cincinnati, Ohio, engaged in activities related to the
production of rebar used in concrete 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 Byer Steel, including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, CB Staffing, Guardian Staffing
Solutions LLC, and Excel Staffing Services, Cincinnati,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from that
employment on or after July 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 July 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 29th day of March 2018.

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