DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,837
WCI STEEL, INC.
WARREN, OHIO

and

TA-W-38,837A
YOUNGSTOWN SINTER PLANT
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO

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 March 12, 2001 and filed by the United Steelworkers of
America, Local 1375, on behalf of the workers at WCI Steel, Inc.,
Warren, Ohio, including the Youngstown Sinter Plant, Youngstown,
Ohio. The workers at WCI Steel, Inc. produced flat rolled steel.
The Youngstown Sinter Plant (a wholly owned subsidiary of WCI


Steel, Inc.) provided sinter (raw material) to the Warren facility
for the production of hot and cold flat rolled steel. The workers
are not separately identifiable by specific steel product line.
The investigation revealed that production and employment
declined at both locations during the relevant period.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major customers regarding their purchases of flat rolled
steel from 1999 through February, 2001. The survey revealed that
customers increased their reliance on imported flat rolled steel
during the relevant period.
The worker groups subject of this investigation were
previously certified eligible to apply for TAA under petition
numbers TA-W-35,348 and TA-W-35,348A, which expired on January 20,
2001.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with flat rolled steel produced at WCI
Steel, Inc., Warren, Ohio 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 WCI Steel, Inc., Warren, Ohio, including the
Youngstown Sinter Plant, Youngstown, Ohio, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January 21,
2001, 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 5th day of April, 2001


/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance