DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,965

U.S. STEEL SEAMLESS TUBULAR OPERATIONS, LLC

A SUBSIDIARY OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION

LORAIN, 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(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 June 5, 2020 by the United Steelworkers (USW) on behalf
of workers of U.S. Steel Seamless Tubular Operations, LLC, a
subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of seamless casing and line pipe.

The worker group, U.S. Steel Seamless Tubular Operations,
LLC, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, Lorain,
Ohio, was previously certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA), under petition TA-W-92,789, which
expired on June 21, 2019.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, customers, and the United
States Census Bureau.

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 seamless casing and line pipe by U.S.
Steel Seamless Tubular Operations, LLC, a subsidiary of United
States Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio have decreased
absolutely.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by U.S. Steel Seamless Tubular Operations, LLC, a
subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio
have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at U.S. Steel
Seamless Tubular Operations, LLC, a subsidiary of United
States Steel Corporation, Lorain, Ohio.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of U.S. Steel Seamless
Tubular Operations, LLC, a subsidiary of United States Steel
Corporation, Lorain, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of seamless casing and line pipe 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 Seamless Tubular Operations,
LLC, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation,
Lorain, Ohio, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 22, 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 7th day of February, 2021.


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance