DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,406

GRI TEXAS TOWER

AMARILLO, TEXAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility

To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
("Department") herein presents the results of an investigation
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance ("TAA") for workers.

The investigation was initiated in response to a TAA petition
dated September 28, 2020 and filed on September 29, 2020 by State
Workforce Office, on behalf of former workers of GRI Texas Tower,
Amarillo, Texas (hereafter referred to as the "worker group"). In
accordance with 20 C.F.R. 618.110 a worker group is defined as,
""¦inclusive of teleworkers and staffed workers."

The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of wind towers and flanges.

The petition alleged that worker separations were due to
foreign trade because, the International Trade Commission
affirmative final determination No. 701 TA 627 629 and 731 TA 1458
1461, involving Utility Scale Wind Towers from Canada, Indonesia,
Korea, and Vietnam. At least two employees confirmed lay-off.

GRI is based in Spain. The determination was published in the
Federal Register on August 25, 2020.

The International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason(s)
of imports of utility scale wind towers from Canada, Indonesia,
Korea, and Vietnam.

The ITC's determination(s) was published in the Federal
Register on August 25, 2020.

During the course of the investigation, the Department
collected information from the petitioner(s), the workers' firm,
and other relevant sources.

The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:

Member of Domestic Industry Criterion

(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in"”-

(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);

(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption or
threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or

(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or
735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));

The Department determines that the member of a domestic
industry criterion has been met.

Timely Petition Filing Criterion

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which"”

(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President
by the International Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative determination
described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the
Federal Register under section 202(f)(3); or

(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is published
in the Federal Register; and

The Department determines that the timely filing of a
petition criterion has been met.

Employment Criterion

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--

(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or

(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The Department determines that the employment criterion has
been met.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GRI Texas Tower,
Amarillo, Texas, who were engaged in activities related to the
production of wind towers and flanges, meet the requirements of
Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, I make the following certification:

"All workers of GRI Texas Tower, Amarillo, Texas who became
totally or partially separated from that employment on or
after August 25, 2019, through August 25, 2021, 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 6th day of March, 2021.



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

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance