DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,089

VALENT AEROSTRUCTURES
A DIVISION OF LMI AEROSPACE
FREDONIA, KANSAS

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 July 24, 2020 by the state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Valent Aerostructures, a Division
of LMI Aerospace, Fredonia, Kansas (Valent Aerostructures).
Valent Aerostructures is engaged in activities related to the
production of aerospace and aircraft parts. The subject worker
group does not include on-site leased workers.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Valent Aerostructures have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Valent
Aerostructures 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 parts produced
for the afore-referenced firm accounted for at least 20 percent
of production or sales of Valent Aerostructures.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Valent Aerostructures,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
aerospace and aircraft parts, 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 Valent Aerostructures, a Division of LMI
Aerospace, Fredonia, Kansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 23, 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 5th day of September 2020.

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