DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,886

CONSOLIDATED STEEL SERVICES, INC.
FALLENTIMBER, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Trade 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 August 27, 2001, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Consolidated
Steel Services, Inc., Fallentimber, Pennsylvania. The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of railcar parts.
This investigation revealed that sales 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 railcar parts in the
1999-2000 and January to August, 2000-2001 time periods.
Respondents indicated that they reduced purchases from the
subject firm and increased imports in the relevant time periods.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by Consolidated
Steel Services, Inc., Fallentimber, 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 Consolidated Steel Services, Inc.,
Fallentimber, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 8, 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 29th day of March, 2002


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