DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,083

ALLEGHENY LUDLUM CORPORATION
JESSOP PLATE MILL
JESSOP O&T
WASHINGTON FLAT ROLL (FORMERLY WASHINGTON STEEL CORPORATION)
WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA

AND

TA-W-38,083A

ALLEGHENY LUDLUM CORPORATION
HOUSTON, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on September 11, 2000, and filed on behalf of workers at
Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, Jessop Plate Mill, Jessop O&T, and
Washington Flat Roll (Formerly Washington Steel Corporation),
Washington, Pennsylvania, and Allegheny Ludlum Corporation,
Houston, Pennsylvania. The workers at these integrated
production facilities produce stainless steel, including slab,
coil and plate, as well as tool steel.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject plants in the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of
stainless steel plate and tool steel. The results of the survey
revealed that major declining customers increased their import
purchases of stainless steel plate and tool steel while
decreasing purchases from Allegheny Ludlum.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced at Allegheny Ludlum
Corporation, Jessop Plate Mill, Jessop O&T and Washington Flat
Roll, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Allegheny Ludlum Corporation,
Houston, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, Jessop Plate
Mill, Jessop O&T and Washington Flat Roll (formerly
Washington Steel Corporation), Washington, Pennsylvania, and
Houston, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 30, 1999,
through two years from the date of this certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 19th day of December, 2000.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance