DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,422

LTV STEEL CORPORATION
ALIQUIPPA WORKS, TIN MILL DEPARTMENT
ALIQUIPPA, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.




The investigation was initiated on December 11, 2000, in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of
America, Local 1211, on behalf of workers at LTV Steel
Corporation, Aliquippa Works, Tin Mill Department, Aliquippa,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce tin.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of tin plate. The survey
revealed that respondents did not increase their imports of tin
while reducing purchases from the subject firm during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of LTV
Steel Corporation, Aliquippa Works, Tin Mill Department,
Aliquippa, Pennsylvania are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of February, 2001

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