DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,495
IPSCO KOPPEL TUBULARS CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TMK IPSCO NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF RYAN ALTERNATIVE STAFFING, INC.
BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-71,495A
IPSCO KOPPEL TUBULARS CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TMK IPSCO NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF RYAN ALTERNATIVE STAFFING, INC.
AMBRIDGE, 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(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(f), can be satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption or
threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material injury
or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or
735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on
the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President by
the International Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative
determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is
published in the Federal Register under section
202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal Register;
and
(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed
on June 17, 2009, by a three workers on behalf of workers of IPSCO
Koppel Tubulars Corporation, a subsidiary of TMK IPSCO North America
located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,495), and Ambridge,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,495A), including leased workers of Ryan
Alternative Staffing, Incorporated. The workers are engaged in
activities related to production of steel pipe and tubular
products.
The investigation revealed that on December 7, 2009, the
International Trade Commission found "that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain
oil country tubular goods from the People's Republic of China
('PRC')" and publicly acknowledged TMK IPSCO, of which IPSCO Koppel
Tubulars Corporation is a subsidiary, as a member of the identified
industry. A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of IPSCO
Koppel Tubulars Corporation. That firm was publicly identified by
name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(f) of the Act, 19 U.S.C.
§ 2272(f). In addition, that determination was published in the
Federal Register (Vol. 75, No. 12, Page 3,248) on December 7, 2009,
which is within one year of the date of the petition filed
requesting TAA Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of Koppel Tubulars Corporation, a subsidiary
of TMK IPSCO North America, located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania
(TA-W-71,495), and Ambridge, Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,495A), including
leased workers of Ryan Alternative Staffing, Inc., who are engaged in
activities related to production of steel pipe and tubular
products, meet the requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act. In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I make the following
certification:


"All workers of Koppel Tubulars Corporation, a subsidiary of TMK
IPSCO North America, located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (TA-
W-71,495), and Ambridge, Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,495A), including
on-site leased workers of Ryan Alternative Staffing, Inc., who
became totally or partially separated from that employment on or
after December 7, 2008, through the date of the certification
and who become totally or partially separated from that
employment from the date of the certification through December
7, 2010, 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 January, 2010

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