DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,416

LINED PIPE SYSTEMS LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF LPS INC.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA


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 25, 2019 on behalf of workers and former
workers of Lined Pipe Systems LLC, a subsidiary of LPS Inc.,
Research and Development Division, Rancho Cucamonga, California
(Lined Pipe Systems-R&D). The subject firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of welded joint systems for
internally lined pipe. Workers of Lined Pipe Systems-R&D are
engaged in the supply of research and development (R&D)
services.
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 Lined Pipe Systems-R&D
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 supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the R&D services supplied by
the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Lined Pipe Systems-R&D.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lined Pipe Systems-
R&D, who are engaged in activities related to the supply of R&D
services, 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 Lined Pipe Systems LLC, a subsidiary of LPS
Inc., Research and Development Division, Rancho Cucamonga,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 22, 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 3rd day of January 2020.

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