DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,356

U.S. STEEL TUBULAR PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION
BELLVILLE TUBULAR OPERATIONS DIVISION
BELLVILLE, TEXAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade 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, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision 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 or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 4, 2014 by a state workforce official on behalf of
workers of U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., a subsidiary of
United States Steel Corporation, Bellville Tubular Operations
Division, Bellville, Texas (subject firm). The workers' firm is
engaged activities related to the production of oil country
tubular products for use in the oil and gas industries.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and publically available sources.
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/or production of oil country tubular products by the subject
firm have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with oil country tubular
products produced by the subject firm have increased during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the subject firm.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
The Department has determined that criterion (II) has not
been met.
The investigation revealed the workers in the workers' firm
possess skills that are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of U.S. Steel Tubular
Products, Inc., a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation,
Bellville Tubular Operations Division, Bellville, Texas, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of oil country
tubular products, meet the worker group certification criteria
under 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 U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., a
subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, Bellville
Tubular Operations Division, Bellville, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 3, 2013, 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; and I further determine that all workers of
U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., a subsidiary of United
States Steel Corporation, Bellville Tubular Operations
Division, Bellville, Texas, are denied eligibility to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 27th day of August 2014.

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