DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,682

ATI FLAT ROLLED PRODUCTS HOLDINGS, LLC
VANDERGRIFT OPERATIONS
A WHOLLY-OWNED INDIRECT SUBSIDIARY OF
ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
VANDERGRIFT, 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(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 March 29, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of ATI Flat Rolled Products Holdings, LLC,
Vandergrift Operations, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated, Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
(ATI Vandergrift Operations). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of stainless steel sheet
and strip.
The investigation revealed that on March 30, 2017, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
stainless steel sheet and strip from China. A petition has been
filed on behalf of workers of ATI Vandergrift Operations. That
firm was publicly identified by name by the International Trade
Commission 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 ATI Flat Rolled
Products Holdings, LLC, Vandergrift Operations, a wholly-owned
indirect subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, engaged in activities related to the
production of stainless steel sheet and strip 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 ATI Flat Rolled Products Holdings, LLC,
Vandergrift Operations, a wholly-owned indirect
subsidiary of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated,
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from that employment on or after March 30, 2016,
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 3rd day of May 2018.

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