DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,047

UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATON
MINNESOTA ORE OPERATIONS DIVISION
KEETAC (KEEWATIN TACONITE) PLANT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
KEEWATIN, MINNESOTA

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 December 8, 2009, by the State of Minnesota Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Coordinator on behalf of workers of
United States Steel Corporation, Minnesota Ore Operations
Division, Keetac (Keewatin Taconite) Plant, Keewatin, Minnesota
(Keetac Plant). The workers are engaged in activity related to
the production of steel pellets, including the mining and
processing of steel pellets. The worker group includes on-site
workers from Manpower, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Keetac
Plant, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of steel pellets, meet the criteria as suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at the Keetac Plant was totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the Keetac Plant
produced and sold steel pellets to a firm that employed a
worker group that is currently eligible to apply for TAA.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by the Keetac Plant with the firm with the TAA-certified
worker group, with respect to steel pellets, contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Keetac Plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the Keetac Plant, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of steel
pellets, 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 United States Steel Corporation, Minnesota
Ore Operations Division, Keetac (Keewatin Taconite) Plant,
including on-site leased workers of Manpower, Inc.,
Keewatin, Minnesota, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 7, 2008,
through two years from the date of 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 14th day of May, 2010


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