DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,936

ATI WAH CHANG
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ALBANY, OREGON

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 April 16, 2010, by the United Steelworkers Union,
Local 6163, on behalf of workers of ATI Wah Chang, a subsidiary
of Allegheny Technologies, Inc., Albany, Oregon. The workers
produce Zirconium, Hafnium, Niobium, and Titanium products.
The investigation revealed that workers of ATI Wah Chang
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
Zirconium, Hafnium, Niobium, and Titanium products meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because employment
declined by at least five percent during the period under
investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of Zirconium, Hafnium, Niobium, and Titanium
products by ATI Wah Chang have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with Zirconium, Hafnium,
Niobium, and Titanium products by ATI Wah Chang have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of Zirconium, Hafnium, Niobium, and Titanium
products contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at ATI Wah Chang.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ATI Wah Chang, a
subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies, Inc., Albany, Oregon, who
are engaged in employment related to production of Zirconium,
Hafnium, Niobium, and Titanium products 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 ATI Wah Chang, a subsidiary of Allegheny
Technologies, Inc., Albany, Oregon, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 14,
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 16th day of June, 2010

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