DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,573

USM ACQUISITION, LLC

A SUBSIDIARY OF CLIO INTERMEDIATE, LLC

REMUS, MICHIGAN

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 17, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of USM Acquisition, LLC, a subsidiary of Clio
Intermediate, LLC, Remus, Michigan. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of stone and
cultured marble countertops.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the United
States Geological Survey (USGS) data resources.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of stone and cultured marble countertops by
USM Acquisition, LLC, a subsidiary of Clio Intermediate, LLC,
Remus, Michigan have decreased absolutely.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by USM Acquisition, LLC, a subsidiary of Clio
Intermediate, LLC, Remus, Michigan have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at USM Acquisition,
LLC, a subsidiary of Clio Intermediate, LLC, Remus, Michigan.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of USM Acquisition, LLC,
a subsidiary of Clio Intermediate, LLC, Remus, Michigan, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of stone and
cultured marble countertops 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 USM Acquisition, LLC, a subsidiary of Clio
Intermediate, LLC, Remus, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 16,
2019 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 February, 2021


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance