DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,402

ECHO BAY MINERALS COMPANY
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPRING CLEAN, GOLDER
ASSOCIATES CORPORATION, AND STOTTS CONSTRUCTION INC.
REPUBLIC, WASHINGTON

TA-W-95,402A

ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HR ADVANTAGES LLC, REPUBLIC
SECURITY, WR TIRES, 3 RIVERS BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS,
AND PINE GROVE
REPUBLIC, WASHINGTON


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 November 21, 2019 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers and former workers of Echo Bay Minerals
Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kinross Gold
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Spring
Clean, Golder Associates Corporation, and Stotts Construction
Inc., Republic, Washington (TA-W-95,402) and on behalf of on-
site leased workers from HR Advantages LLC, Republic Security,
WR Tires, 3 Rivers Business Intelligence Solutions, and Pine
Grove, Republic, Washington (TA-W-95,402A)(collectively
referred to as "Echo Bay Minerals Company"). Workers of Echo
Bay Minerals Company are engaged in activities related to the
production of gold doré.
Workers and former workers of Echo Bay Minerals Company,
including on-site leased workers from Spring Clean, Golder
Associates Corporation, and Stotts Construction Inc.,
Republic, Washington are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance under TA-W-93,263 (certification expired December 1,
2019). Workers from all other leasing/staffing firms are
excluded from the afore-mentioned certification.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and petition.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Echo Bay Minerals Company
have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article gold doré
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Echo Bay Minerals Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Echo Bay Minerals
Company, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of gold doré, 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:
"All workers of Echo Bay Minerals Company, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Spring Clean, Golder Associates
Corporation, and Stotts Construction Inc., Republic,
Washington (TA-W-95,402), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 2, 2019
through two years from the date of certification, and on-
site leased workers from HR Advantages LLC, Republic
Security, WR Tires, 3 Rivers Business Intelligence
Solutions, and Pine Grove, Republic, Washington (TA-W-
95,402A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 19, 2018 through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
groups 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 26th day of December 2019.

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