DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,726

CHEMTRADE PERFORMANCE CHEMICAL LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF CHEMTRADE LOGISTICS
KALAMA, 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(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.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 22, 2016 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Chemtrade Performance Chemical LLC, a subsidiary of Chemtrade
Logistics, Kalama, Washington (Chemtrade Performance Chemical
LLC). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of sodium hydrosulfite and zinc and oxide. The subject
worker groups are not separately identifiable by articles produced
by the firm. The subject worker group does not include on-site
leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because workers of Chemtrade
Performance Chemical LLC 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 actual finished article or service that was the
basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business with the aforementioned firm contributed importantly to
worker separations at Chemtrade Performance Chemical LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chemtrade Performance
Chemical LLC, Kalama, Washington, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of sodium hydrosulfite and zinc and
oxide, 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 Chemtrade Performance Chemical LLC, a
subsidiary of Chemtrade Logistics, Kalama, Washington, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 21, 2015 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 13th day of May 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance