DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,473

UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
LORAIN, 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:
(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 22, 2009 by a United Steelworkers International
Union, District 1, Sub-District 4 representative on behalf of
workers of United States Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio. The
workers are engaged in the production of seamless pipe.
The investigation revealed that workers of United States
Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of seamless pipe, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of seamless pipe by United States Steel
Corporation in Lorain have decreased in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because a survey of
major customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases
of articles like or directly competitive with seamless pipe
produced by the Lorain plant of United States Steel
Corporation revealed that imports have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of seamless pipe by customers of United
States Steel Corporation contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at United
States Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio. Customer imports
substantially increased in January through May 2009 compared
with the same period in 2008 while purchases from the subject
firm declined.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of United States Steel
Corporation, Lorain, Ohio, who are engaged in employment related
to seamless pipe 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 United States Steel Corporation, Lorain,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 21, 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 27th day of November, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance