DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,829

WIE-AGRON BIOENERGY, LLC
FORMERLY KNOWN AS AGRON BIOENERGY, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF WESTERN IOWA ENERGY, LLC
WATSONVILLE, 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 May 22, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of WIE-AGRON Bioenergy, LLC formerly known as AGRON
Bioenergy, LLC, a subsidiary of Western Iowa Energy, LLC,
Watsonville, California ("WIE-AGRON Bioenergy, LLC"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of biodiesel fuels.
The investigation revealed that on December 28, 2017, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia. A petition has been
filed on behalf of workers of WIE-AGRON Bioenergy, LLC. 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 December 28, 2017, which is within one year of the
date of the petition filed requesting Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) Certification. The workers have become
totally or partially separated during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of WIE-AGRON Bioenergy,
LLC formerly known as AGRON Bioenergy, LLC, a subsidiary of
Western Iowa Energy, LLC, Watsonville, California, engaged in
activities related to the production of biodiesel, 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 WIE-AGRON Bioenergy, LLC formerly known as
AGRON Bioenergy, LLC, a subsidiary of Western Iowa
Energy, LLC, Watsonville, California, who became totally
or partially separated from that employment on or after
December 28, 2016, through the date of the certification
and who become totally or partially separated from that
employment from the date of the certification through
December 28, 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 19th day of June 2018.

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