DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,352

REPUBLIC SPECIAL METALS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF PATRIOT MORGAN, INC.
CANTON, 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(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 January 26, 2010 by the United Steelworkers, Local
1124-03, on behalf of workers of Republic Special Metals, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan, Inc., Canton, Ohio (Republic
Special Metals, Inc.). Workers at the subject firm are engaged
in activities related to the production of VAR/ESR low alloy
steels (provided in ingot and forged shapes). The workers are
not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Republic
Special Metals, Inc., a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan, Inc.,
Canton, Ohio who are engaged in employment related to the
production of VAR/ESR low alloy steels meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of VAR/ESR low alloy steels by the subject
firm decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with VAR/ESR low alloy
steels produced by Republic Special Metals, Inc. have
increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a
survey of the subject firm's major declining customers regarding
their purchases of VAR/ESR low alloy steels during the relevant
period. The survey revealed increased customer reliance on
imported VAR/ESR low alloy steels.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of VAR/ESR low alloy steels by customers
of Republic Special Metals, Inc. contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Republic Special
Metals, Inc., a subsidiary of Patriot Morgan, Inc., Canton,
Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to the production of
VAR/ESR low alloy steels 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 Republic Special Metals, Inc., a
subsidiary of Patriot Morgan, Inc., Canton, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 20, 2009, 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 19th day of August, 2010


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