DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,507

OREGON METALLURGICAL CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALLEGHENY INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
ALBANY, OREGON


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 by a State Workforce Official on May 26, 2009 on behalf of
workers of Oregon Metallurgical Corporation, a subsidiary of
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, Albany, Oregon (Oregon
Metallurgical Corporation). Workers at the subject firm are
engaged in activities related to the production of titanium in
the form of castings, ingot, plate, billet, and forged
rectangles. The workers are not separately identifiable by
product. The investigation revealed that the worker group at the
subject firm includes on-site leased workers from Express
Personnel Services.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Oregon
Metallurgical Corporation, a subsidiary of Allegheny
Technologies Incorporated, including on-site leased workers
from Express Personnel Services, Albany, Oregon who are engaged
in employment related to the production of castings, ingot,
plate, billet, and forged rectangles meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the 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/or production of castings, ingot, plate, billet, and
forged rectangles by the subject firm decreased during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with castings, ingot,
plate, billet, and forged rectangles produced by Oregon
Metallurgical Corporation have increased. Specifically, the
Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject firm's
major declining customer regarding their purchases of castings,
ingot, plate, billet, and forged rectangles during the relevant
period. The survey revealed increased customer reliance on
imported castings, ingot, plate, billet, and forged rectangles.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of castings, ingot, plate, billet, and
forged rectangles by customers of Oregon Metallurgical
Corporation contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Oregon
Metallurgical Corporation.








Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Oregon Metallurgical
Corporation, a subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies
Incorporated, including on-site leased workers from Express
Personnel Services, Albany, Oregon, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of castings, ingot, plate,
billet, and forged rectangles 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 Oregon Metallurgical Corporation, a
subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
including on-site leased workers from Express Personnel
Services, Albany, Oregon, 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 2nd day of December 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance