DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,486

O'NEAL STEEL, INC.
WELDMENT DIVISION
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA

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
eligibility 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 June 25, 2001 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at O'Neal Steel, Inc.,
Weldment Division, Roanoke, Virginia. The workers produce steel
parts for equipment.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.


The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import steel parts for equipment during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed several customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of steel parts for
equipment. They reported negligible imports.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-4981).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at O'Neal
Steel, Inc., Weldment Division, Roanoke, Virginia engaged in
employment related to the production of steel parts for equipment
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 24th day of May, 2002.



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