DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,185

CARRARA STONE SYSTEMS OF CHICAGO, LLC
D/B/A STONE SYSTEMS OF CHICAGO
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TRS STAFFING SOLUTIONS,
FLEXTEK RESOURCES, AND AEROTEK, INC.
MUNDELEIN, 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 September 16, 2019 by a State workforce official on
behalf of former workers of Carrara Stone Systems of Chicago, LLC,
D/B/A Stone Systems of Chicago, including on-site leased workers
from TRS Staffing Solutions, Flextek Resources, and Aerotek, Inc.,
Mundelein, Illinois (Stone Systems of Chicago). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of quartz
surface products.
The investigation revealed that, on July 5, 2019, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of quartz
surface products from China, provided for in subheading 6810.99.00
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that have
been found by the U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce") to be
sold in the United States at less than fair value ("LTFV"), and to
be subsidized by the government of China.
The workers' 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 July 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 Stone Systems of
Chicago, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of quartz surface products, 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 Carrara Stone Systems of Chicago, LLC, D/B/A
Stone Systems of Chicago, including on-site leased workers
from TRS Staffing Solutions, Flextek Resources, and Aerotek,
Inc., Mundelein, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from that employment on or after July 5, 2018,
through July 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 16th day of September 2020.

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