DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,072

PHELPS DODGE INDUSTRIES, INC.
ROD & REFINING DIVISION
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
FREEPORT MINERALS CORPORATION
NORWICH, CONNECTICUT

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 July 21, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc., Rod & Refining
division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Freeport Minerals
Corporation, Norwich Connecticut (PDI). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of copper rods
0.312 inches in diameter (sold to wire manufacturers for a
variety of uses including automotive, telecommunications,
building wire, and power transmission).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' firm.
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 copper rods 0.312 inches in diameter by
PDI have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by PDI have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at PDI.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Phelps Dodge
Industries, Inc., Rod & Refining division, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Freeport Minerals Corporation, Norwich
Connecticut, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of copper rods 0.312 inches in diameter (sold to wire
manufacturers for a variety of uses including automotive,
telecommunications, building wire, and power transmission) 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 Phelps Dodge Industries, Inc., Rod &
Refining division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Freeport
Minerals Corporation, Norwich Connecticut, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 21, 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 23rd day of August 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance