DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,521D

REPUBLIC TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL
CURRENTLY KNOWN AS REPUBLIC ENGINEERED PRODUCTS
LORAIN, OHIO


Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on February
19, 2002, applicable to workers of Republic Technologies
International located in Lorain, Ohio. The notice was published
in the Federal Register on February 28, 2002 (67 FR 9325).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
produce hot rolled steel bars. The State reports that the plant
was purchased by Republic Engineered Products and the worker
group continued to produce hot rolled steel bars. Furthermore,
worker separations have occurred under the new employer, and the
workers wages are reported under the Unemployment Insurance tax
account for the new owner.
It is the Department’s intent to provide coverage to all
workers of the firm adversely impacted by increases in imports of
steel bars. Consequently, the Department is amending the
certification to reflect the change in ownership and include
workers of Republic Engineered Products, Lorain, Ohio.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-40,521D is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Republic Technologies International,
currently known as Republic Engineered Products, Lorain,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 19, 2000 through February
19, 2004, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 6th day of May, 2003.


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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,521

REPUBLIC TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL
HEADQUARTERED IN AKRON, OHIO

Including facilities in the following locations

TA-W-40,521A MASSILLON, OHIO (Central Machine)
TA-W-40,521B CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (Chicago Plant)
TA-W-40,521C BLASDELL, NEW YORK (Lackawanna Plant)
TA-W-40,521D LORAIN, OHIO
TA-W-40,521E MASSILLON, OHIO (Hot Rolled Plant)
TA-W-40,521F BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA
TA-W-40,521G GARY, INDIANA (E. Dune Hwy)
TA-W-40,521H GARY, INDIANA (E. Seventh Ave.)
TA-W-40,521I HARVEY, ILLINOIS
TA-W-40,521J MASSILLON, OHIO (Cold Finished Plant)

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 in response to a petition received on December 31, 2001
and filed by the United Steelworkers of America on behalf of workers at the above mentioned
locations of Republic Technologies International, headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The workers
produce hot rolled steel bars, cold finished steel bars, and SBQ.
Workers at Republic Technologies International, Canton, Ohio
were certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
on April 16, 2001 (TA-W-38,782).
This investigation revealed that production and employment declined during the relevant
period.
United States imports of hot rolled steel bars, and of cold
finished steel bars, increased in 2000 compared with 1999. The
ratio of U.S. imports to domestic shipments also increased in the
same period.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of
imports of articles like or directly competitive with hot rolled and cold finished steel bars
produced at the above mentioned locations of Republic Technologies International,
headquartered in Akron, Ohio 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 Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Republic Technologies International, headquartered in Akron, Ohio,
including the following facilities producing hot rolled steel:
Central Machine/Fabrication and Massillon Hot Rolled Plant,
Massillon, Ohio; Chicago Plant, Chicago, Illinois;
Lackawanna Plant, Blasdell, New York; Lorain Hot Rolled Bar
Plant, Lorain, Ohio, and the following facilities producing
cold finished steel: Beaver Falls Cold Finished Plant,
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Gary Cold Finished Plants (E.
Dunes Hwy and E. Seventh Ave.), Gary, Indiana; Harvey Cold
Finished Plant, Harvey, Illinois, and Massillon Cold
Finished Plant, Massillon, Ohio, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 19, 2000, through two years from the
date of this certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 19th day of February, 2002


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