DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,903

SEVERSTAL WARREN, 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:
(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 June 3, 2009 by a company official and a United
Steelworkers of America, Local 1375 representative on behalf of
workers of Severstal Warren, Inc., Warren, Ohio. The workers are
engaged in the production of steel products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Severstal
Warren, Inc., Warren, Ohio, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of steel products, 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 steel products manufactured at Severstal
Warren, Inc. 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 steel products
produced at Severstal Warren, Inc. revealed an increased
reliance on import purchases.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of steel products by customers of
Severstal Warren, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Severstal
Warren, Inc., Warren, Ohio during the relevant period.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Severstal Warren,
Inc., Warren, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of steel products 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 Severstal Warren, Inc., Warren, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 1, 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 1st day of December, 2009

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