DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,229

STEIN STEEL MILL SERVICES
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF STEIN, INC.
BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a firm
under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009 by a Union Official of United Steel
Workers of America, 14362-18, on behalf of workers of Stein
Steel Mill Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stein, Inc.,
Broadview Heights, Ohio (Stein Steel Mill Services). The
workers produce raw slag and recyclable scrap metal components.
The investigation revealed that workers of Stein Steel Mill
Services who are engaged in activities related to the
production of raw slag and recyclable scrap metal components
meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated from the subject firm and are
threatened with additional separations.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Stein Steel
Mill Services produced and sold raw slag and recyclable metal
components to Arcelor/Mittal, Marion, Ohio, to be incorporated
into steel tubular products. Workers of Arcelor/Mittal,
Marion, Ohio are covered by certification number TA-W-65,507.
That certification issued, was based on an increase of
customer imports of steel tubular products.
Criterion III has been met because the production of raw
slag and recyclable scrap metal components by Stein Steel Mill
Services for Arcelor/Mittal accounted for at least 20 percent
of the production or sales of Stein Steel Mill Services.


















Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Stein Steel Mill
Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stein, Inc., Broadview
Heights, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of raw slag and recyclable scrap metal components
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Stein Steel Mill Services, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Stein, Inc., Broadview Heights, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 19, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of October, 2009.


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