DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,424

AK STEEL CORPORATION
COSHOCTON, OHIO

TA-W-93,424A

AK STEEL CORPORATION
MANSFIELD, OHIO

TA-W-93,424B

AK STEEL CORPORATION
MIDDLETOWN, OHIO

TA-W-93,424C

AK STEEL CORPORATION
ZANESVILLE, OHIO

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 16, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of AK Steel Corporation, Coshocton, Ohio (TA-W-
93,424), AK Steel Corporation, Mansfield, Ohio (TA-W-93,424A),
AK Steel Corporation, Middletown, Ohio (TA-W-93,424B), and AK
Steel Corporation, Zanesville, Ohio (TA-W-93,424C) ("AK Steel
Corporation"). The petition was originally filed on behalf of
workers of West Chester, Ohio. The error was discovered and
corrected to reflect the accurate location(s). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of stainless
sheet and strip steel. The workers are separately identifiable
by product produce. Workers at AK Steel Corporation,
Middletown, Ohio are certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under petition number TA-W-93,179 which
expired on September 29, 2017. The certification under petition
number TA-W-93,179 was for workers engaged in activities related
to the production of flat-rolled carbon steel, which is
unrelated to the current worker group.
The investigation revealed that on March 30, 2017, the
United States International Trade Commission (ITC) found that
stainless steel sheet and strip was identified in an affirmative
final determination of material injury or threat thereof under
section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A)).
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of AK Steel
Corporation, Coshocton, Ohio (TA-W-93,424), AK Steel
Corporation, Mansfield, Ohio (TA-W-93,424A), AK Steel
Corporation, Middletown, Ohio (TA-W-93,424B), and AK Steel
Corporation, Zanesville, Ohio (TA-W-93,424C). The firm was
publicly identified by name by the ITC as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that determination was published
in the Federal Register on March 30, 2017, which is within one
year of the date of the petition filed requesting Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AK Steel Corporation,
Coshocton, Ohio (TA-W-93,424), AK Steel Corporation,
Mansfield, Ohio (TA-W-93,424A), AK Steel Corporation,
Middletown, Ohio (TA-W-93,424B), and AK Steel Corporation,
Zanesville, Ohio (TA-W-93,424C), engaged in activities related
to the production of stainless sheet and strip steel meet the
requirements of Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, I make the following certification:


"All workers of AK Steel Corporation, Coshocton, Ohio (TA-
W-93,424), AK Steel Corporation, Mansfield, Ohio (TA-W-
93,424A), AK Steel Corporation, Middletown, Ohio (TA-W-
93,424B), and AK Steel Corporation, Zanesville, Ohio (TA-
W-93,424C), who became totally or partially separated from
that employment on or after March 30, 2016, through the
date of the certification and who become totally or
partially separated from that employment from the date of
the certification through March 30, 2018, 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 15th day of March 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance