DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,826

ALLEGHENY STEEL COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES
MASSILLON, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 10, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America,
Local 1124, on behalf of workers of Allegheny Ludlum Steel Company,
a subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies, Massillon, Ohio. The
workers at the subject facility produced stainless steel, high tech
alloys, and coil mill plate; they are not separately identifiable
by product line.

The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject facility decreased absolutely when the subject facility
idled production on December 29, 2002.
The investigation further revealed that the subject facility
did not import stainless steel, high tech alloys, or coil mill
plate or shift production of stainless steel, high tech alloys, or
coil mill plate to a foreign country.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's major
customers regarding their purchases of stainless steel, high tech
alloys, and coil mill plate. This survey revealed increases in
imports of stainless steel, high tech alloys, and coil mill plate
during the period under investigation.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with stainless steel, high tech
alloys, and coil mill plate produced at Allegheny Ludlum Steel
Company, a subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies, Massillon, Ohio
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Allegheny Ludlum Steel Company, a subsidiary
of Allegheny Technologies, Massillon, Ohio who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January 30,
2002 through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of April, 2003



/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance