DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,288

EASTALCO ALUNIMUN COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALCOA
FREDERICK, MARYLAND

TA-W-58,288A

EASTALCO ALUNIMUN COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALCOA
PIER FACILITY
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND


Notice of Revised Determination
Of Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
On Reconsideration

By letter dated March 20, 2006, representatives of the
United Workers, Local 7886, and the company officials requested
administrative reconsideration regarding Alternative Trade
Adjustment Assistance (ATAA). The certification for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) was signed on February 2, 2006. The
Notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on
February 22, 2006 (71 FR 9160).
The initial investigation determined that subject worker
group possess skills that are easily transferable.
New information provided by the company officials show that
the workers possess skills that are not easily transferable.
At least five percent of the workforce at the subject from
is at least fifty years of age. Competitive conditions within
the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that the requirements of Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, have been met for workers
at the subject firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Eastalco Aluminum Company, A Subsidiary of
Alcoa, Frederick, Maryland (TA-W-58,288) and Eastalco
Aluminum Company, A Subsidiary of Alcoa, Pier Facility,
Baltimore, Maryland (TA-W-58,288A) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 7,
2004 through February 2, 2008, 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 23rd day of March 2006.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,288

EASTALCO ALUMINUM COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALCOA
FREDERICK, MARYLAND

TA-W-58,288A

EASTALCO ALUMINUM COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALCOA
PIER FACILITY
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade 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.
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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 8, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of EastAlco Aluminum Company, a subsidiary of Alcoa,
Frederick, Maryland. The workers produce primary aluminum products
(i.e. aluminum billets).
At the request of a State agency representative, the petition
investigation was expanded to include the workers performing trans-
loading and shipping of aluminum products for the EastAlco Aluminum
Company at the Pier Facility located in Baltimore, Maryland.
The employment declines at the Frederick, Maryland plant of
the subject firm are related to a shift in production of primary
aluminum products (i.e. aluminum billets) to Canada.
The investigation revealed that workers of EastAlco Aluminum
Company at the Pier Facility, Baltimore, Maryland, are in support
of EastAlco Aluminum Company, a subsidiary of Alcoa, Frederick,
Maryland. Employment at EastAlco Aluminum Company, a subsidiary of
Alcoa, Pier Facility, Baltimore, Maryland, declined from 2004 to
2005.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 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 assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that

the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.

2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.

3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion {2} has not

been met.

The investigation revealed the employees possess skills that
are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Canada of articles that are
like or directly competitive with primary aluminum products (i.e.
aluminum billets) produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:



"All workers of EastAlco Aluminum Company, a subsidiary of
Alcoa, Frederick, Maryland (TA-W-58,288), and EastAlco
Aluminum Company, a subsidiary of Alcoa, Pier Facility,
Baltimore, Maryland (TA-W-58,288A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 7,
2004, through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.”
I further determine that all workers of EastAlco Aluminum
Company, a subsidiary of Alcoa, Frederick, Maryland (TA-W-58,288),
and EastAlco Aluminum Company, a subsidiary of Alcoa, Pier
Facility, Baltimore, Maryland (TA-W-58,288A), are denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.”
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 2nd day of February, 2006


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