DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,786
LTV STEEL CORPORATION
CUYAHOGA VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY
LTV RAILROAD COMPANIES
CLEVELAND, OHIO

TA-W-40,786A
LTV STEEL CORPORATION
RIVER TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY
LTV RAILROAD COMPANIES
CLEVELAND, OHIO

TA-W-40,786B
LTV STEEL CORPORATION
CHICAGO SHORT LINE RAILWAY COMPANY
LTV RAILROAD COMPANIES
CLEVELAND, OHIO

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 February 11, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at LTV Steel Corporation, LTV Railroad Companies, Cuyahoga
Valley Railroad, River Terminal Railroad, and Short Line Railroad,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Workers at LTV Steel Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio were
certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance on
February 16, 2001 (TA-W-38,362).
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject facilities decreased during the period under
investigation. LTV Steel Corporation ceased production December 19,
2001.
United States aggregate imports of cold-rolled carbon steel
sheet increased both absolutely and relative to domestic
shipments in January through November 2001 compared with the same
period one year earlier.
United States aggregate imports of hot-rolled carbon steel
sheet increased both absolutely and relative to U.S. shipments in
2000 compared with 1999.
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 LTV Steel Corporation,
Cleveland, 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 Trade Act, I
make the following certification:



"All workers at LTV Steel Corporation, LTV Railroad Companies,
Cuyahoga Valley Railroad, River Terminal Railroad, and Short
Line Railroad, Cleveland, Ohio, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 14,
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 21st day of March, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole

____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance