DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,468

USR METALS, INCORPORATED
BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

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 as a
secondarily affected worker group.
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 (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must
be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of
(b) of Section 222, as amended have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 22, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at USR Metals, Incorporated, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
The workers produced luminescent gauge dial faces.


The investigation revealed that employment at USR Metals,
Incorporated, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania declined during the period
under investigation.
The investigation revealed that USR Metals, Incorporated,
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania supplies component parts (luminescent
gauge dial faces) for gauges, and at least 20 percent of its
production or sales is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
In addition, 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 subject facility are
over age 50 and do not possess skills that are easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers at USR Metals,
Incorporated, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania qualify as adversely
affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of USR Metals, Incorporated, Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 20, 2005 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 5th day of December, 2006.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance