DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,325

HWI ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES
A SUBSIDIARY OF HWI ENVIRONMENTAL TECHOLOGIES, INC.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received
a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or
production is related to the article or service that was
the basis for such certification; and
(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly
to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 25, 2019 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers and former workers of HWI Environmental Technologies, a
subsidiary of HWI Environmental Technologies, Inc., St. Louis,
Missouri (HWI Environmental Technologies-St. Louis). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of waste
management services. The subject worker group does not include
on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in HWI Environmental Technologies-
St. Louis have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because workers of HWI
Environmental Technologies-St. Louis is a Supplier to a firm that
employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a),
and such supply is related to the actual finished article that was
the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business with the afore-referenced firm contributed importantly
to worker separations at HWI Environmental Technologies-St.
Louis.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HWI Environmental
Technologies-St. Louis, who are engaged in activities related to
the supply of waste management services, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C.
§ 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of HWI Environmental Technologies, a subsidiary
of HWI Environmental Technologies, Inc., St. Louis,
Missouri who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 24, 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 21st day of April 2020.

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