DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,322

STEELSCAPE
A SUBSIDIARY OF BLUESCOPE STEEL
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA

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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Steelscape, a subsidiary of BlueScope Steel, Rancho
Cucamonga, California. The workers produce cold-rolled,
metallic coated, and custom painted steel coils.
The investigation revealed that workers of Steelscape, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of cold-
rolled, metallic coated, and custom painted steel coils, meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
cold-rolled, metallic coated, and custom painted steel coils
by Steelscape have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with cold-
rolled, metallic coated, and custom painted steel coils by
Steelscape have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of cold-rolled, metallic coated, and
custom painted steel coils by customers of Steelscape
contributed importantly to the worker group separations at the
Rancho Cucamonga, California facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Steelscape, a
subsidiary of BlueScope Steel, Rancho Cucamonga, California, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of cold-
rolled, metallic coated, and custom painted steel coils 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 Steelscape, a subsidiary of BlueScope
Steel, Rancho Cucamonga, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 18,
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 21st day of September, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance