DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,906

STERLING STEEL COMPANY, LLC
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SIMPLEVMS, INC.
STERLING, ILLINOIS

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 June 20, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Sterling Steel Company, LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, including on-site
leased workers from SimpleVMS, Inc., Sterling, Illinois
("Sterling Steel"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of carbon wire rod.
The investigation revealed that on January 18, 2018, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, Russia,
and the United Arab Emirates. A petition has been filed on
behalf of workers of Sterling Steel. 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 January 18, 2018, 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 Sterling Steel
Company, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leggett & Platt,
Incorporated, including on-site leased workers from SimpleVMS,
Inc., Sterling, Illinois, engaged in activities related to the
production of carbon wire rod 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 Sterling Steel Company, LLC, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated,
including on-site leased workers from SimpleVMS, Inc.,
Sterling, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from that employment on or after January 18,
2017, through the date of the certification and who become
totally or partially separated from that employment from
the date of the certification through January 18, 2019, 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 June 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance