DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,671

STEIN, INC.
WORKING ON-SITE AT REPUBLIC ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, INC.
LORAIN PLANT
LORAIN, OHIO

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 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 October 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of Stein, Inc.,
working on-site at Republic Engineered Products, Inc., Lorain
Plant, Lorain, Ohio. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the processing of slag and scrap steel as part of the
steelmaking and ironmaking processes. The investigation
revealed that workers of Stein, Inc. are under the operational
control of Republic Engineered Products, Inc., Lorain Plant,
Lorain, Ohio, and may be considered "joint employees." Workers
of Republic Engineered Products, Inc were certified for TAA
(TA-W-72,929) as secondary component suppliers on March 9,
2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Stein, Inc. who
are engaged in activities related to production of processed
slag and scrap meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers were separated or threatened with separation
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Republic Engineered
Products, Inc., Lorain Plant, Lorain, Ohio produced and sold
semi-finished tube rounds and other semi-finished steel products
to a firm that employed a worker group who is covered by an
active certification to be incorporated into seamless pipe
products.
Criterion III has been met because the customer that
employed a worker group covered by an active certification
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales
of Republic Engineered Products, Inc., Lorain Plant, Lorain,
Ohio.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Stein, Inc., working
on-site at Republic Engineered Products, Inc., Lorain Plant,
Lorain, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of processed slag and scrap steel products meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Stein, Inc., working on-site at Republic
Engineered Products, Inc., Lorain Plant, Lorain, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 23, 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 8th day of April, 2010


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