DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,188

ISPAT INLAND INC.
SALES AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 6, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of the Sales and Marketing Department of Ispat Inland,
Inc., Chicago, Illinois. The workers are engaged in sales of steel
products made in affiliated facilities.
The investigation revealed that the workers provide services
and may be granted trade adjustment assistance eligibility if there
is a demonstrated reduction in demand for their services from a
corporately affiliated production facility whose workers are
currently eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance. That
condition is met for the subject worker group in Chicago, Illinois.
The reduction in demand for services originates at the Indiana
Harbor Works steel manufactory whose production workers were
certified on March 19, 2002 (TA-W-40,459). That certification is
still in effect.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with sheet steel and steel bars
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of the Sales and Marketing Department of Ispat
Inland, Inc., Chicago, Illinois who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 3,
2003 through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of February, 2004

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance