DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,433

MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION
D/B/A TENARIS HICKMAN
A SUBSIDIARY OF TENARIS S.A.
BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS

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.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 29, 2019 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers and former workers of Maverick Tube
Corporation, D/B/A Tenaris Hickman, a subsidiary of Tenaris
S.A., Blytheville, Arkansas (Tenaris-Blytheville). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
electric resistance welded (ERW) pipe, oil country tubular
goods (OCTG), and line pipe (tubular goods). The workers are
not separately identifiable by product line. The subject
worker group does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, the Department
carefully reviewed information provided by the petitioner, the
workers' firm, and the firm's major declining customer(s), and
carefully reviewed aggregate data and industry information
available in public sources.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Tenaris-Blytheville have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Tenaris-Blytheville
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
finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the loss of
business by Tenaris-Blytheville with the afore-referenced firm
contributed importantly to the subject worker group's separation
or threat of separation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tenaris-Blytheville,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
tubular goods, 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 Maverick Tube Corporation, D/B/A Tenaris
Hickman, a subsidiary of Tenaris S.A., Blytheville,
Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 27, 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 28th day of July 2020.

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