DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,080

HEMLOCK SEMICONDUCTOR OPERATIONS LLC

A SUBSIDIARY OF HSC HOLDINGS LLC

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM

QUALIFIED STAFFING SERVICES AND ADECCO USA INC.

HEMLOCK, 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 July 23, 2020, by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC, a subsidiary of
HSC Holdings LLC, including on-site leased workers from Qualified
Staffing Services and Adecco USA Inc., Hemlock, Michigan. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of high purity polysilicon used for incorporation into finished
solar and semiconductor products.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and 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 high purity polysilicon by Hemlock
Semiconductor Operations LLC, Hemlock, Michigan have decreased.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC, Hemlock,
Michigan 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 Hemlock
Semiconductor Operations LLC, Hemlock, Michigan.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hemlock Semiconductor
Operations LLC, a subsidiary of HSC Holdings LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Qualified Staffing Services and Adecco
USA Inc., Hemlock, Michigan, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of high purity polysilicon used for incorporation
into finished solar and semiconductor products, 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 Hemlock Semiconductor Operations LLC, a
subsidiary of HSC Holdings LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Qualified Staffing Services and Adecco USA Inc.,
Hemlock, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 22, 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 18th day of March, 2021.


/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
_______________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance