DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,342

RG STEEL WHEELING, LLC
WHEELING CORRUGATING COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF RG STEEL SPARROWS POINT, LLC
FORMERLY KNOWN AS SEVERSTAL WHEELING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PROUNLIMITED AND GREEN ENERGY INITIATIVES LLC
FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) 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;

(2) 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

(3) 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines
the term "Downstream Producer" as "a firm that performs
additional, value-added production processes or services
directly for another firm for articles or services with
respect to which a group of workers in such other firm has
been certified under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the
Act]" and defines the term "value-added production processes
or services" to "include final assembly, finishing, testing,
packaging, or maintenance or transportation services."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 14, 2013 by on behalf of workers of RG Steel
Wheeling, LLC, Wheeling Corrugating Company division, a
subsidiary of RG Steel Sparrows Point, LLC, formerly known as
Severstal Wheeling, Fort Payne, Alabama (RG Steel Wheeling,
LLC). The worker group, which includes on-site leased workers
from ProUnlimited and Green Energy Initiatives LLC, is engaged
in activities related to the production of steel construction
and building products that are fabricated from hot and cold
rolled steel coils, usually sourced from their owner, RG
Steel.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because workers of RG
Steel Wheeling, LLC is a 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 production is related to the actual finished
article or service that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by RG Steel Wheeling, LLC with the aforementioned
firm contributed importantly to worker separations at RG Steel
Wheeling, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of RG Steel Wheeling,
LLC, Wheeling Corrugating Company division, a subsidiary of RG
Steel Sparrows Point, LLC, formerly known as Severstal
Wheeling, including on-site leased workers from ProUnlimited
and Green Energy Initiatives LLC, Fort Payne, Alabama, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of steel
construction and building products that are fabricated from
hot and cold rolled steel coils meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of RG Steel Wheeling, LLC, Wheeling
Corrugating Company division, a subsidiary of RG Steel
Sparrows Point, LLC, formerly known as Severstal
Wheeling, including on-site leased workers from
ProUnlimited and Green Energy Initiatives LLC, Fort
Payne, Alabama, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 13, 2012 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 22nd day of February, 2013.


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