DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,419

KENTUCKY ELECTRIC STEEL
ASHLAND, KENTUCKY

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.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment has been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-4932).
The investigation was initiated on June 11, 2001, in response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Kentucky Electric Steel, Ashland, Kentucky. The workers were engaged in employment related to the production of structural and mechanical steel tubing.
This investigation revealed that production and employment at the subject plant decreased during the period under investigation.

United States aggregate imports of hot rolled carbon steel bars, and of cold finished carbon steel bars, increased in 2000 both absolutely and relative to U.S. shipments.

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 those produced by Kentucky Electric Steel, Ashland, Kentucky, 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 Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Kentucky Electric Steel, Ashland, Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after May 11, 2000, through two years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 13th day of December, 2001



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