DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,637

ARCELOR MITTAL WEIRTON INC.
DIVISION OF ARCELOR MITTAL USA, INC.
WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And 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. 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
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 in response to a petition
received on January 7, 2008, and filed by the United Steel Workers
on behalf of workers at Arcelor Mittal Weirton Inc., Division of
Arcelor Mittal USA, Inc., Weirton, West Virginia. The workers
produce steel (hot rolled and cold rolled).
Workers at the subject facility were under an existing trade
adjustment assistance certification (TA-W-58,517) that expired on
February 1, 2008.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
increase its imports of steel (hot rolled and cold rolled) from
2006 to 2007, nor during the period of January 2008 when compared
to the same period in 2007.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of steel (hot rolled
and cold rolled) during 2006, 2007 and January 2008 over the
corresponding 2007 period. The survey revealed that none of the
customers surveyed increased their imports of steel (hot rolled and
cold rolled) while decreasing purchases from the subject firm.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject firm
did not shift production of its steel (hot rolled and cold rolled)
abroad during the relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that layoffs at the subject
firm are related to the transfer of plant production of hot rolled
steel to other domestic facilities of the subject firm.
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 assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since
the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of Arcelor
Mittal Weirton Inc., Division of Arcelor Mittal USA, Inc., Weirton,
West Virginia, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
denied eligibility 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 March, 2008


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