UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-96,665
J.B. SMITH MANUFACTURING
MANUFACTURING
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED
UNDER ANVIL & SMITH COOPER INTERNATIONAL
HOUSTON, 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 January 8, 2021 and
filed on January 8, 2021 by a State Workforce Office, on behalf of former workers of J.B. Smith
Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Houston, Texas (hereafter referred to as the "worker group"). The
group of workers also consists of workers whose wages were reported under Anvil & Smith Cooper
International. In accordance with 20 C.F.R. 618.110 a worker group is defined as, ""¦inclusive of
teleworkers and staffed workers."

The worker group is engaged in activities related to the production of pipe fittings and are
not separately identifiable by product.

The petition alleged that worker separations, or threats thereof, were due to foreign trade
because, "the worker group is subject to injury based on notification from USDOL that the
International Trade Commission affirmative final determination for Investigation No. 701-TA-631
and 731-TA-1463-1464 involving Forged Steel Fittings from India and Korea."

The International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason(s) of imports of forged steel fittings from India and Korea, provided
for in subheadings 7307.92.30, 7307.92.90, 7307.93.30, 7307.93.60, 7307.93.90, 7307.99.10,
7307.99.30, and 7307.99.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that have
been found by the U.S. Department of Commerce ("˜"˜Commerce") to be sold in the United States
at less than fair value ("˜"˜LTFV"), and to be subsidized by the government of India. The ITC's
determination(s) was published in the Federal Register on December 2, 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

J.B. Smith Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Anvil & Smith Cooper International, Houston, Texas,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of pipe fittings meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In accordance with

Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:

"All workers of J.B. Smith Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Anvil & Smith Cooper
International, Houston, Texas, who became totally or partially separated from that
employment on or after December 2, 2019, through December 2, 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 26th day of January, 2021

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