DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,510

ARCELORMITTAL PLATE LLC
CONSHOHOCKEN DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARCELORMITTAL USA LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO; BSI; PRECISION MECHANICAL; READING CRANE; HI-TECH
WATERJETTING; JOULE; REES COMPANIES INC.; BURKHART REFRACTORY;
ALLIED BARTON; DILLON; HP; AND ONSITE INNOVATIONS
CONSHOHOCKEN, 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 25, 2016 by a union official (United
Steelworkers Local 9462) on behalf of workers of ArcelorMittal
Plate LLC, Conshohocken Division, a subsidiary of
ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania (herein
known as "ArcelorMittal Plate LLC" or "workers' firm"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of coiled and discrete plate. The subject worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Adecco; BSI; Precision Mechanical;
Reading Crane; Hi-Tech Waterjetting; Joule; Rees Companies Inc.;
Burkhart Refractory; Allied Barton; Dillon; HP, and Onsite
Innovations.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, workers' firm, and the workers'
firm major declining 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/or production of coiled discrete plate by ArcelorMittal
Plate LLC 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 ArcelorMittal Plate LLC 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
ArcelorMittal USA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ArcelorMittal Plate
LLC, Conshohocken Division, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal USA
LLC, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, including on-site leased
workers from Adecco; BSI; Precision Mechanical; Reading Crane;
Hi-Tech Waterjetting; Joule; Rees Companies Inc.; Burkhart
Refractory; Allied Barton; Dillon; HP, and Onsite Innovations,
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of coiled and discrete plate 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 ArcelorMittal Plate LLC, Conshohocken
Division, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal USA LLC,
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, including on-site leased
workers from Adecco; BSI; Precision Mechanical; Reading
Crane; Hi-Tech Waterjetting; Joule; Rees Companies Inc.;
Burkhart Refractory; Allied Barton; Dillon; HP, and Onsite
Innovations, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after February
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 5th day of May 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance