DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,457

ALLEGHENY LUDLUM, LLC
ATI FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS, HOUSTON OPERATIONS
A WHOLLY-OWNED INDIRECT SUBSIDIARY OF
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
STROM ENGINEERING CORPORATION
HOUSTON, 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 February 12, 2016 by the United Steelworkers (USW),
Local 7139 on behalf of workers of Allegheny Ludlum, LLC, ATI
Flat Rolled Products, Houston Operations, a wholly-owned
indirect subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
including on-site leased workers from Strom Engineering
Corporation, Houston, Pennsylvania (herein referred to as "ATI
Houston Operations"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of cold rolled steel coil.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 steel coil by ATI Houston
Operations 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 Houston Operations 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
Houston Operations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Allegheny Ludlum,
LLC, ATI Flat Rolled Products, Houston Operations, a wholly-
owned indirect subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies
Incorporated, including on-site leased workers from Strom
Engineering Corporation, Houston, Pennsylvania, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of cold rolled steel
coil 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 Allegheny Ludlum, LLC, ATI Flat Rolled
Products, Houston Operations, a wholly-owned indirect
subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
including on-site leased workers from Strom Engineering
Corporation, Houston, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
10, 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 1th day of November 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance