DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,674

PENNSYLVANIA STEEL TECHNOLOGIES
STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 on July 23, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of
America, Local 1688, on behalf of workers at Pennsylvania Steel
Technologies, Steelton, Pennsylvania. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of rails and other steel
products.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
at the subject plant decreased during the period under
investigation.


The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of rails in the 2000-2001
time periods. Respondents indicated that they reduced purchases
from the subject firm and increased their reliance on imports of
rails.
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 Pennsylvania Steel
Technologies, Steelton, Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania Steel Technologies, Steelton,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 29, 2001, 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 23rd day of April 2002


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