DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,594

REGIONAL RECYCLING, L.L.C.
ATTALLA, ALABAMA

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 January 29, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of
America, Local 216, on behalf of workers at Regional
Recycling, LLC, Attalla, Alabama. The workers recycle scrap
steel and sell it to steel producers.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm does not itself import scrap steel.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of scrap steel. Results
of the survey indicated that respondents did not import recycled
scrap steel during the relevant period.
Petitioners allege that increased imports of steel at a
later stage of processing led to worker separations from the
subject firm. Only increased imports of recycled scrap steel,
however, the specific product at Regional Recycling, can be used
as the basis for possible certification in this case.
The investigation further revealed that separations of
workers at the subject firm are attributable in part to a
transfer of recycling work from Attalla to another affiliated
facility, located domestically.

Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Regional Recycling, L.L.C., Attalla, Alabama, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 2nd day of February, 2001

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