DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,239

ARCELORMITTAL STEELTON LLC,
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ARCELORMITTAL USA LLC
AN INDIRECT WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF ARCELORMITTAL S.A.
STEELTON, 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 September 22, 2015 by a union official of the United
Steelworkers (USW), Local 1688 on behalf of workers of
ArcelorMittal Steelton LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
ArcelorMittal USA LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
ArcelorMittal S.A., Steelton, Pennsylvania (herein known as
"ArcelorMittal Steelton LLC" or "workers' firm"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of steel
rails for railroad and overhead cranes, bars for conversion to
various parts by buyers, ingots for conversion to parts by
various buyers (including DOD), and blooms for conversion to
parts by various buyers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and
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 steel rails, bars, ingots, and blooms by
ArcelorMittal Steelton 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 Steelton 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 Steelton LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of ArcelorMittal
Steelton LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of ArcelorMittal USA
LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of ArcelorMittal
S.A., Steelton, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of steel rails, bars, ingots, and
blooms 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 Steelton LLC, a wholly owned
subsidiary of ArcelorMittal USA LLC, an indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of ArcelorMittal S.A., Steelton,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of steel rails, bars, ingots, and blooms who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 22, 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 February 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance