DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,073

SEAH STEEL USA, LLC

A SUBSIDIARY OF SEAH STEEL INVESTMENT AMERICA LLC

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM

XL PRO STAFFING & CONSULTING

HOUSTON, TEXAS

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 July 21, 2020 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of SeAH Steel USA, LLC, a subsidiary of SeAH Steel
Investment America, LLC, Houston, Texas. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of steel pipe.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from XL
Pro Staffing & Consulting.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country a portion of the
production of an article like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at SeAH Steel USA, LLC, a subsidiary
of SeAH Steel Investment America, LLC, Houston, Texas.



Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SeAH Steel USA, LLC,
a subsidiary of SeAH Steel Investment America, LLC, Houston,
Texas, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of steel pipe 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 SeAH Steel USA, LLC, a subsidiary of SeAH
Steel Investment America, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from XL Pro Staffing & Consulting, Houston, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 20, 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 11th day of January, 2021


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

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance