DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,863

CHEMTRADE SOLUTIONS LLC,
ACID/SPPC DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS INC.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 4, 2018 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Chemtrade Solutions LLC, Acid/SPPC Division, a subsidiary
of Chemtrade Logistics Inc., Augusta, Georgia. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of oleum
(fuming sulfuric acid), sulfuric acid, and sodium bisulfate
solution (SBS). The workers are not separately identifiable by
article. The subject worker group does not include leased
workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Chemtrade
Solutions LLC, Acid/SPPC Division, a subsidiary of Chemtrade
Logistics Inc., Augusta, Georgia is a Supplier to a firm that
employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a), and such supply is related to the finished article that
was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Chemtrade Solutions LLC, Acid/SPPC Division, a
subsidiary of Chemtrade Logistics Inc., Augusta, Georgia with
the aforementioned firm contributed importantly to worker
separations at Chemtrade Solutions LLC, Acid/SPPC Division, a
subsidiary of Chemtrade Logistics Inc., Augusta, Georgia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chemtrade Solutions
LLC, Acid/SPPC Division, a subsidiary of Chemtrade Logistics
Inc., Augusta, Georgia, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of oleum (fuming sulfuric acid), sulfuric acid,
and sodium bisulfate solution (SBS) meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Chemtrade Solutions LLC, Acid/SPPC
Division, a subsidiary of Chemtrade Logistics Inc.,
Augusta, Georgia who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 21, 2017 through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, 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 October 2018.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance