DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,678

JMC STEEL GROUP (WHEATLAND SHARON PIPE WAREHOUSE)
SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 June 4, 2012 by the United Steelworkers (USW), Local
1016-00 on behalf of workers of JMC Steel Group (Wheatland
Sharon Pipe Warehouse), Sharon, Pennsylvania (JMC Steel
Group). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of OCTG, rigid conduit, and API.
The worker group, JMC Steel Group, was certified eligible
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under petition
number TA-W-72,440, which expired on November 13, 2011.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of OCTG, rigid conduit, and API by JMC Steel
Group have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by JMC Steel Group have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at JMC
Steel Group.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of JMC Steel Group
(Wheatland Sharon Pipe Warehouse), Sharon, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of OCTG,
rigid conduit, and API 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 JMC Steel Group (Wheatland Sharon Pipe
Warehouse), Sharon, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
14, 2011 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 18th day of July, 2012.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance