DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,109

ECHO BAY MINERALS COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPRING CLEAN, STOTTS
CONSTRUCTION, INC., SYSTEMS TRANSPORT, TIMBERLINE DRILLING,
INC., GOLDER ASSOCIATES CORPORATION, SPRUNG STRUCTURES,
UNIVERSAL PROTECTION SERVICE LP, ACI NORTHWEST, INC., AND
KNIFE RIVER CORPORATION-NORTHWEST
REPUBLIC, WASHINGTON

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 August 6, 2015 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Echo Bay Minerals Company, a subsidiary of
Kinross Gold Corporation, Republic, Washington (Echo Bay
Minerals Company). The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Spring Clean, Stotts Construction, Inc.,
Systems Transport, Timberline Drilling, Inc., Golder
Associates Corporation, Sprung Structures, Universal
Protection Service, ACI Northwest, Inc., and Knife River
Corporation.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of gold dore.
The subject worker group includes miners, maintenance
teams, mill operators, geologists, engineers, professional and
administrative support teams, laborers, technicians,
supervisors, managers, drivers, maintenance mechanics and
security, warehouse and clerical positions.
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 the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Echo Bay Minerals Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Echo Bay Minerals
Company, a subsidiary of Kinross Gold Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Spring Clean, Stotts Construction,
Inc., Systems Transport, Timberline Drilling, Inc., Golder
Associates Corporation, Sprung Structures, Universal Protection
Service, ACI Northwest, Inc., and Knife River Corporation,
Republic, Washington, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of gold dore, 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 Echo Bay Minerals Company, a subsidiary of
Kinross Gold Corporation, including on-site leased workers
from Spring Clean, Stotts Construction, Inc., Systems
Transport, Timberline Drilling, Inc., Golder Associates
Corporation, Sprung Structures, Universal Protection
Service, ACI Northwest, Inc., and Knife River Corporation,
Republic, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 1, 2014
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 4th day of November 2015.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance