DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,712

CF&I STEEL LP DBA EVRAZ ROCKY MOUNTAIN STEEL
A SUBSIDIARY OF EVRAZ PLC
PUEBLO, COLORADO

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 April 18, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of CF&I Steel LP DBA Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel, a
subsidiary of Evraz PLC, Pueblo, Colorado (Evraz). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
finished steel products (rail steel, oil country tubular goods,
wire rod and rebar). The subject worker group does not include
on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the firm's customers, 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 finished steel products (rail steel, oil
country tubular goods, wire rod and rebar) by Evraz have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Evraz 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
Evraz.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CF&I Steel LP DBA
Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel, a subsidiary of Evraz PLC, Pueblo,
Colorado, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of finished steel products (rail steel, oil country
tubular goods, wire rod and rebar) 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 CF&I Steel LP DBA Evraz Rocky Mountain
Steel, a subsidiary of Evraz PLC, Pueblo, Colorado, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 15, 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 10th day of June 2016.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance