DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-95,910


U.S. STEEL TUBULAR PRODUCTS, INC.

LONE STAR TUBULAR OPERATIONS

A SUBSIDIARY OF U.S. STEEL CORPORATION

LONE STAR, TEXAS


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 5, 2020, by the United Steelworkers (USW), Local 4134
on behalf of workers of U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., Lone
Star Tubular Operations, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation,
Lone Star, Texas (“Lone Star Tubular Operations”). The workers’
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of tubular
products used in pipe for the oil and gas industry, also known as
electric resistance welded (ERW) steel casing and tubing or oil
country tubular goods (OCTG).

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers’ firm, and the 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 tubular products by Lone Star Tubular
Operations 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 Lone Star Tubular Operations 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 Lone Star
Tubular Operations.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of U.S. Steel Tubular
Products, Inc., Lone Star Tubular Operations, a subsidiary of
U.S. Steel Corporation, Lone Star, Texas, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of tubular products used in
pipe for the oil and gas industry, also known as electric
resistance welded (ERW) steel casing and tubing or oil country
tubular goods (OCTG), 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 U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., Lone Star
Tubular Operations, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation,
Lone Star, Texas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 4, 2019, 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 23rd day of December, 2020.





/s/ Hope D. Kinglock
_______________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance