DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,249

PLAINS MARKETING LP
A SUBSIDIARY OF PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC
YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA


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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers
in such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;

(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 3, 2019, by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Plains Marketing, LP, Yankton, a subsidiary of Plains
All America GP LLC, Yankton, South Dakota (Plains Marketing-
Yankton). Prior to the closure of Plains Marketing-Yankton, the
workers were engaged in activities related to the production of
petroleum propane and the supply of scheduling and delivery
services.
The worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Plains Marketing-Yankton have
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the scheduling and delivery services
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Plains Marketing-Yankton.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Plains Marketing-
Yankton meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"Workers of Plains Marketing LP, a subsidiary of Plains All
America GP LLC, Yankton, South Dakota, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 3,
2018, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, 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 17th day of April 2020.

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