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TAW-71572  /  Severstal Wheeling, Inc. (Martins Ferry, OH)

Petitioner Type: Unknown
Impact Date: 06/17/2008
Filed Date: 07/07/2009
Most Recent Update: 03/03/2010
Determination Date: 03/03/2010
Expiration Date: 05/06/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,572

SEVERSTAL WHEELING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEVERSTAL NORTH AMERICA, INC.
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS RG STEEL WHEELING, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES
ARE REPORTED THROUGH OHIO COLD ROLLING COMPANY
MARTINS FERRY, OHIO

TA-W-71,572A

SEVERSTAL WHEELING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEVERSTAL NORTH AMERICA, INC.
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS RG STEEL WHEELING, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES
ARE REPORTED THROUGH OHIO COLD ROLLING COMPANY
YORKVILLE, OHIO

TA-W-71,572B

SEVERSTAL WHEELING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEVERSTAL NORTH AMERICA, INC.
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS RG STEEL WHEELING, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES
ARE REPORTED THROUGH OHIO COLD ROLLING COMPANY
MINGO JUNCTION, OHIO

TA-W-71,572C

SEVERSTAL WHEELING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEVERSTAL NORTH AMERICA, INC.
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS RG STEEL WHEELING, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES
ARE REPORTED THROUGH OHIO COLD ROLLING COMPANY
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO


Amended Revised Determination on Reconsideration

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
issued a Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration on
May 6, 2011, applicable to workers of Severstal Wheeling, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc., Martins Ferry,
Ohio; Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal North
America, Inc., Yorkville, Ohio (TA-W-71,572A); Severstal
Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc.,
Mingo Junction, Ohio (TA-W-71,572B); and Severstal Wheeling,
Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc.,
Steubenville, Ohio (TA-W-71,572C). The workers produce a
variety of steel coils. The Revised Determination was published
in the Federal Register on May 20, 2011 (76 FR 29276-29277).
The Revised Determination was amended on June 6, 2011 to include
workers whose wages reported under a separate unemployment
insurance (UI) tax account under the name RG Steel Wheeling,
LLC. The amended Revised Determination was published in the
Federal Register on June 15, 2011 (76 FR 35030-35031). The
Revised Determination was amended again on August 23, 2011 to
correct the impact date established for the Mingo Junction, Ohio
location (TA-W-71,572B) to read July 13, 2009. The amended
Revised Determination was published in the Federal Register on
September 2, 2011 (76 FR 54793-54794).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information shows that as of January, 2013, workers separated
from employment at the Martins Ferry, Ohio, Yorkville, Ohio,
Mingo Junction, Ohio and Steubenville, Ohio locations of
Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal North
America, Inc., currently known as RG Steel Wheeling, LLC had
their wages reported through a separate unemployment insurance
(UI) tax account under the name Ohio Cold Rolling Company.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to include workers of the subject firm whose unemployment
insurance (UI) wages are reported through Ohio Cold Rolling
Company.
The intent of the Department’s Revised Determination on
Reconsideration is to include all workers of the subject firm
who were adversely affected by increased imports of steel coils.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-71,572, TA-W-71,572A,
TA-W-71,572B, and TA-W-71,572C are hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary
of Severstal North America, Inc., currently known as
RG Steel Wheeling, LLC, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported through
Ohio Cold Rolling Company, Martins Ferry, Ohio (TA-W-
71,572); Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of
Severstal North America, Inc., currently known as RG
Steel Wheeling, LLC, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported through
Ohio Cold Rolling Company, Yorkville, Ohio (TA-W-
71,572A); Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of
Severstal North America, Inc., currently known as RG
Steel Wheeling, LLC, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported through
Ohio Cold Rolling Company, Steubenville, Ohio (TA-W-
71,572C) who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 17, 2008 through May
6, 2013 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
And


“All workers of Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary
of Severstal North America, Inc., currently known as
RG Steel Wheeling, LLC, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported through
Ohio Cold Rolling Company, Mingo Junction, Ohio (TA-W-
71,572B), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 13, 2009, through May
6, 2013, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 16th day of May 2013

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
__________________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office
of Trade Adjustment Assistance

4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,572

SEVERSTAL WHEELING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEVERSTAL NORTH AMERICA, INC.
MARTINS FERRY, OHIO

TA-W-71,572A

SEVERSTAL WHEELING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEVERSTAL NORTH AMERICA, INC.
YORKVILLE, OHIO

TA-W-71,572B

SEVERSTAL WHEELING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEVERSTAL NORTH AMERICA, INC.
MINGO JUNCTION, OHIO

TA-W-71,572C

SEVERSTAL WHEELING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SEVERSTAL NORTH AMERICA, INC.
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

On October 15, 2010, the Department issued a Notice of
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration
for workers and former workers of Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a
subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc., Martins Ferry, Ohio
(TA-W-71,572); Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal
North America, Inc., Yorkville, Ohio (TA-W-71,572A); Severstal
Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc.,
Mingo Junction, Ohio (TA-W-71,572B); and Severstal Wheeling, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc., Steubenville, Ohio
(TA-W-71,572C) to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). The
workers produce a variety of steel coils.
The subject worker groups do not include any on-site leased or
temporary workers and exclude workers of Severstal International,
Sparrows Point, Maryland (TA-W-74,919; certification issued on
February 9, 2011).
During the reconsideration investigation, the Department
received additional and new information from the subject firm,
conducted an expanded customer survey, reviewed relevant
information obtained from affiliated facilities, and analyzed
import data of articles like or directly competitive with the
coils produced at the subject facilities.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of workers at each of the subject facilities became
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales or
production of steel coils at each of the subject facilities
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because there were
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive with
the steel coils produced at the respective facilities, during the
relevant periods.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports contributed importantly to worker group
separations and sales/production declines at each of the subject
facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I determine that workers of the subject facilities
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 Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of
Severstal North America, Inc., Martins Ferry, Ohio (TA-W-
71,572); Severstal Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal
North America, Inc., Yorkville, Ohio (TA-W-71,572A); Severstal
Wheeling, Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc.,
Mingo Junction, Ohio (TA-W-71,572B); and Severstal Wheeling,
Inc., a subsidiary of Severstal North America, Inc.,
Steubenville, Ohio (TA-W-71,572C), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 17, 2008,
through two years from the date of this revised 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 6th day of May, 2011

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P



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