DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,768

U.S. STEEL TUBULAR PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF U.S. STEEL CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM AEROTEK
BELLVILLE, 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(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 July 22, 2009, on behalf of workers of U.S. Steel
Tubular Products, Inc., a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation,
Bellville, Texas. The workers produce steel pipe. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek.
The investigation revealed that workers of U.S. Steel
Tubular Products, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
the production of steel pipe meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment at the
workers' firm declined by at least five percent during the
period of investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of steel pipe by U.S. Steel Tubular Products,
Inc. have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with steel pipe by U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc. have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports of steel pipe contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines 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,
Bellville, Texas, who are engaged in employment related to
production of steel pipe 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, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek, Bellville, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 21, 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 10th day of March, 2010

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