DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,157
THE STEEL GROUP
THE STEEL COMPANY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

TA-W-40,157A
THE STEEL GROUP
MIDWEST ANNEALING AND PROCESSING CORP.
E. CHICAGO, INDIANA

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 October 9, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at The Steel
Group, The Steel Company, Chicago, Illinois, and Midwest
Annealing and Processing Corp., E. Chicago, Indiana. The
workers produce pickled and/or slit steel.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Steel Group did not import slit, pickled or annealed
steel.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of pickled and/or slit
steel. Respondents reported that pickled and/or slit steel are
not being imported in significant quantities.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of The
Steel Group, The Steel Company, Chicago, Illinois, and Midwest
Annealing and Processing Corp., E. Chicago, Indiana, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 4th day of March, 2002


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