DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,407

CORE PIPE PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GERLIN, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK, SURESTAFF, INC. AND CROWN SERVICES
CAROL STREAM, 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 December 19, 2018, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Core Pipe Products, Inc., a subsidiary of Gerlin,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, SureStaff,
Inc. and Crown Services, Carol Stream, Illinois (Core Pipe
Products). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of stainless steel and alloy weld fittings and
flanges.
The investigation revealed that on June 4, 2018, the
International Trade Commission determined, pursuant to the Tariff
Act of 1930, that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of imports of stainless steel flanges from China
that have been found by the U.S. Department of Commerce to be
subsidized by the government of China.
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of Core Pipe
Products. 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 June 4, 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 Core Pipe Products, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of stainless
steel and alloy weld fittings and flanges, 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 Core Pipe Products, Inc., a subsidiary of
Gerlin, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek, SureStaff, Inc. and Crown Services, Carol Stream,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 4, 2017, through June 4, 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 18th day of July 2019.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance