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TAW-94658  /  Reynolds Hot Springs (Malvern, AR)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 02/05/2018
Filed Date: 03/26/2019
Most Recent Update: 04/18/2019
Determination Date: 04/18/2019
Expiration Date: 02/05/2020

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,658

REYNOLDS HOT SPRINGS
A SUBSIDIARY OF REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFMARK
MALVERN, 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 March 26, 2019, by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Reynolds Hot Springs, a subsidiary of Reynolds
Consumer Products, including on-site leased workers from
Staffmark, Malvern, Arkansas ("Reynolds Hot Springs"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of rolled aluminum.
The investigation revealed that on February 5, 2019, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
common alloy aluminum sheet from China. A petition has been
filed on behalf of workers of Reynolds Hot Springs. 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. Finally, workers were
separated within the relevant period of time to the
publication of the determination within the Federal Register.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Reynolds Hot Springs,
a subsidiary of Reynolds Consumer Products, including on-site
leased workers from Staffmark, Malvern, Arkansas, 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 Reynolds Hot Springs, a subsidiary of
Reynolds Consumer Products, including on-site leased
workers from Staffmark, Malvern, Arkansas, 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
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/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance