DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,205

MCINNES ROLLED RINGS
A DIVISION OF MCINNES STEEL CO.
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 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 directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on November 27, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of McInnes Rolled
Rings, a division of McInnes Steel Company, Erie, Pennsylvania.
The workers of the subject facility produce seamless rolled ring
forgings.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that sales of seamless rolled ring
forgings declined from 2000 to 2001, and increased during the
period of January through November of 2002, when compared to the
same period in 2001.
Moreover, the subject facility did not shift production of
seamless rolled ring forgings to a foreign country during the
relevant period.
The Department conducted a survey of the major declining
customers of McInnes Rolled Rings, Erie, Pennsylvania, regarding
their purchases of seamless rolled ring forgings in 2000, 2001, and
January-November of 2002. The survey revealed that customers
import purchases of seamless rolled ring forgings were negligible
during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers McInnes
Rolled Rings, a division of McInnes Steel Company, Erie,
Pennsylvania are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 29th day of April, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance