DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,217

REPUBLIC SPECIAL METALS, INC.
BAY CITY FORGE
A SUBSIDIARY OF PATRIOT MORGAN, INC.
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA


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. (Set forth in 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 June 16, 2009 on behalf of workers of Republic Special
Metals, Inc., Bay City Forge, a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan,
Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of metal forgings. The workers are
not separately identifiable by products produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Republic Special
Metals, Inc., Bay City Forge, a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan,
Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania who are engaged in activities related
to the production of metal forgings meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of metal forgings by Republic Special
Metals, Inc., Bay City Forge, a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan,
Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania to Canada.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of metal forgings by Republic Special Metals, Inc., Bay City
Forge, a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan, Inc., Erie,
Pennsylvania to Canada contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Republic Special Metals, Inc., Bay City Forge,
a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan, Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Republic Special
Metals, Inc., Bay City Forge, a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan,
Inc., Erie, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related
to production of metal forgings, 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 Republic Special Metals, Inc., Bay City
Forge, a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan, Inc., Erie,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 25, 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 18th day of August, 2009


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