DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,381

THOMAS STEEL STRIP CORP.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HOOGOVENS USA, INC.
WARREN, 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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 21, 2009 on behalf of workers of Thomas Steel Strip
Corp., a subsidiary of Hoogovens USA, Inc., Warren, Ohio. The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
coil strip steel. The workers are not separately identifiable by
products produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Thomas Steel
Strip Corp., a subsidiary of Hoogovens USA, Inc., Warren, Ohio,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
coil strip steel meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least 5 percent
of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of coil strip steel decreased during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
coil strip steel produced at the subject firm have increased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and declines in sales and production at Thomas
Steel Strip Corp., a subsidiary of Hoogovens USA, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thomas Steel Strip
Corp., a subsidiary of Hoogovens USA, Inc., Warren, Ohio, who
are engaged in employment related to production of coil strip
steel, 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 Thomas Steel Strip Corp., a subsidiary of
Hoogovens USA, Inc., Warren, 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 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 July, 2009


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