DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,545

GRANGES AMERICAS, INC.
NEWPORT FACILITY
A SUBSIDIARY OF GRANGES AB
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS

TA-W-94,545A

LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFMARK REPORTING TO
GRANGES AMERICAS, INC.
NEWPORT FACILITY
A SUBSIDIARY OF GRANGES AB
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS

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 February 15, 2019 by a State Workforce Official on
behalf of workers of Granges Americas, Inc., Newport Facility,
a subsidiary of Granges AB, Newport, Arkansas (TA-W-94,545)
and leased workers from Staffmark reporting to Granges
Americas, Inc., Newport Facility, a subsidiary of Granges AB,
Newport, Arkansas (TA-W-94,545A). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of rolled aluminum.
The workers of Granges Americas, Inc., Newport Facility, a
subsidiary of Granges AB, Newport, Arkansas (TA-W-94,545) were
previously certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) under TA-W-94,090 (certification expired on
April 13, 2019). The afore-mentioned certification did not
include on-site leased workers from Staffmark.
The investigation revealed that on January 30, 2019, the
International Trade Commission found an industry in the United
States is materially injured by reason of imports of aluminum
from China. A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of
Granges Americas, Inc., Newport Facility, a subsidiary of
Granges AB, Newport, Arkansas. 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 February 5, 2019, 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 Granges Americas,
Inc., Newport Facility, a subsidiary of Granges AB, Newport,
Arkansas (TA-W-94,545) and leased workers from Staffmark
reporting to Granges Americas, Inc., Newport Facility, a
subsidiary of Granges AB, Newport, Arkansas (TA-W-94,545A),
engaged in activities related to the production of rolled
aluminum 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 Granges Americas, Inc., Newport Facility,
a subsidiary of Granges AB, Newport, Arkansas (TA-W-
94,545), who became totally or partially separated from
that employment on or after April 14, 2019 through
February 5, 2020, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended"
AND
"All workers of leased workers from Staffmark reporting to
Granges Americas, Inc., Newport Facility, a subsidiary of
Granges AB, Newport, Arkansas (TA-W-94,545A), who became
totally or partially separated from that employment on or
after February 5, 2018, through the date of the
certification and who become totally or partially separated
from that employment from the date of the certification
through February 5, 2020, 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 April 2019.

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