DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,801

ALLEGHENY LUDLUM LLC
ATI FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS TECHNICAL CENTER
A WHOLLY OWNED INDIRECT SUBSIDIARY OF
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
NATRONA HEIGHTS, 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 May 13, 2016 by the United Steelworkers (USW) on
behalf of workers of Allegheny Ludlum LLC, ATI Flat Rolled
Products Technical Center, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary
of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, Natrona Heights,
Pennsylvania (herein referred to as "ATI Technical Center").
The worker group location was clarified during the investigation
as Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania and not Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
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.
The subject worker group includes workers who perform lab
testing of cold rolled standard stainless steel coil,
continuous mill plate, tubular quality stainless steel, and
other metal products in support of production at other Allegheny
Technologies Incorporated facilities.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and major
declining customer(s) 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 the firm 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 the firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations at ATI Technical Center and
sales/production declines at the firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Allegheny Ludlum LLC,
ATI Flat Rolled Products Technical Center, a wholly owned
indirect subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
Natrona Heights, 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 Allegheny Ludlum LLC, ATI Flat Rolled
Products Technical Center, a wholly owned indirect
subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 12,
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 9th day of January 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance