DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,548

U.S. STEEL TUBULAR PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF U.S. STEEL CORPORATION
TUBULAR PROCESSING SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM HARBOR AMERICAN TEXAS,
INC. AND AEROTEK COMMERCIAL STAFFING
HOUSTON, TEXAS

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 6, 2009 by United Steelworkers, Local 9541 on
behalf of workers of U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., a
subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation, Tubular Processing
Services Division, Houston, Texas (U.S. Steel Tubular
Products, Inc.). The workers produce oil country tubular
goods. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Harbor American Texas, Inc. and Aerotek Commercial Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of U.S. Steel
Tubular Products, Inc. who are engaged in employment related
to production of oil country tubular goods meet the criteria
as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
workers have been separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of U.S.
Steel Tubular Products, Inc. produced and sold oil country
tubular goods to U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., Lone Star,
Texas to be incorporated into steel tubular products for the
oil and natural gas industry. Workers of U.S. Steel Tubular
Products, Inc., Lone Star, Texas are covered by certification
number TA-W-65,262 issued based on increased aggregate imports
of steel tubular products for the oil and natural gas
industry.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc. with respect to oil
country tubular goods sold to U.S. Steel Tubular Products,
Inc., Lone Star, Texas contributed importantly to worker
separations at U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of U.S. Steel Tubular
Products, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation,
Tubular Processing Services Division, including on-site leased
workers from Harbor American Texas, Inc. and Aerotek
Commercial Staffing, Houston, Texas, who are engaged in
employment related to production of oil country tubular goods
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 U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., a
subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation, Tubular Processing
Services Division, including on-site leased workers from
Harbor American Texas, Inc. and Aerotek Commercial
Staffing, Houston, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 3, 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 16th day of November, 2009


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