DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,505

ARCELORMITTAL LACKAWANNA LLC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARCELORMITTAL USA
BLASDELL, NEW YORK

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 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of ArcelorMittal
Lackawanna LLC., a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal USA, Blasdell,
New York. The workers at the subject firm produce cold rolled
and hot dipped galvanized steel coils.
The investigation revealed that workers of ArcelorMittal
Lackawanna LLC, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of cold rolled and hot dipped galvanized 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
and production of cold rolled and hot dipped galvanized steel
coils by the subject firm have decreased absolutely 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 and hot dipped galvanized steel coils produced by the
subject firm have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports of cold rolled and hot dipped
galvanized steel coils contributed importantly to the worker
group separations at the Blasdell, New York facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ArcelorMittal
Lackawanna LLC., a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal USA, Blasdell,
New York, who are engaged in employment related to production of
cold rolled and hot dipped galvanized 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 ArcelorMittal Lackawanna LLC, a subsidiary
of ArcelorMittal USA, Blasdell, New York, 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 5th day of October, 2009


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