DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,278

JEWEL ACQUISITION, LLC
ATI FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS - MIDLAND OPERATIONS
A WHOLLY-OWNED INDIRECT SUBSIDIARY OF
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD, HARSCO, AND STROM
ENGINEERING CORPORATION
MIDLAND, 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 January 5, 2016 by the United Steelworkers (USW) on
behalf of workers of Jewel Acquisition, LLC, ATI Flat Rolled
Products - Midland Operations, a wholly-owned indirect
subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, including
on-site leased workers from Pennsylvania Southwestern
Railroad, Harsco, and Strom Engineering Corporation, Midland
Pennsylvania (herein referred to as "ATI Midland"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of cold rolled standard stainless steel coil, continuous mill
plate, and tubular quality stainless steel.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and major
declining customers of the workers' firm.
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 cold rolled standard stainless steel
coil, continuous mill plate, and tubular quality stainless
steel by ATI Midland 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 ATI Midland 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 ATI
Midland.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Jewel Acquisition,
LLC, ATI Flat Rolled Products - Midland Operations, a wholly-
owned indirect subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies
Incorporated, including on-site leased workers from
Pennsylvania Southwestern Railroad, Harsco, and Strom
Engineering Corporation, Midland Pennsylvania, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of cold rolled standard
stainless steel coil, continuous mill plate, and tubular
quality stainless steel 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 Jewel Acquisition, LLC, ATI Flat Rolled
Products - Midland Operations, a wholly-owned indirect
subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
including on-site leased workers from Pennsylvania
Southwestern Railroad, Harsco, and Strom Engineering
Corporation, Midland Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 4,
2015 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 28th day of June 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance