DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,698

FERALLOY WHEELING SPECIALTY COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF FERALLOY CORPORATION
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA

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 an 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 for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
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 December 16, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers (USW),
Local 8851-04 on behalf of workers at Feralloy Wheeling Specialty
Company, a subsidiary of Feralloy Corporation, Wheeling, West
Virginia. The workers produce finished cut-to-length galvanized
steel sheets.
The investigation revealed that employment and production at
the subject facility declined during the relevant period.
Feralloy Wheeling Specialty Company acts as a downstream
producer finishing cut-to-length galvanized steel sheets for a
manufacturer of steel slabs and coils.
Evidence revealed that the primary firm, to whom the
petitioning workers' firm acts as a downstream producer, employed a
group of workers who received a certification of eligibility for
trade adjustment assistance based on increased company imports from
Mexico and Canada, and the downstream production is related to the
article that was the basis for such certification. The subject
firm's employment declined, in part, because of the increase
imports of steel slabs and coils from Mexico and Canada by the
primary 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 assistance
(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 workers of Feralloy Wheeling
Specialty Company, a subsidiary of Feralloy Corporation, Wheeling,
West Virginia, 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 Feralloy Wheeling Specialty Company, a
subsidiary of Feralloy Corporation, Wheeling, West Virginia
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 15, 2007, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 16th day of January 2009.

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