DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,629

STANDARD STEEL
BURNHAM, PENNSYLVANIA

Notice of Determinations 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:
(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 June 10, 2002 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Standard Steel,
Burnham, Pennsylvania. Workers produced railway wheels and
axles, and rolled seamless rings. Workers are separately
identifiable by product.
It has been determined with respect to workers at Standard
Steel engaged in the production of seamless rings that all of the
criteria have been met.
The investigation revealed that production of seamless rings
and employment of workers producing seamless rings at Standard
Steel declined in 2001 compared with 2000, and continued to
decline through May of 2002.
A Department of Labor survey of major customers purchasing
rolled seamless rings from the subject firm revealed that
customers reduced purchases from the subject firm and increased
imports in January through June 2002 compared with the same
period of 2001.
It has also been determined with respect to workers engaged
in employment related to the production of railroad wheels and
axles that criterion (3) has not been met.
Standard Steel did not import railway wheels and axles in
2000 through May of 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of railway wheels and
axles for the 2000-2001 and January to May 2001-2002 periods.
Respondents reported either no imports or very minor imports all
occurring in a period in which their purchases of railroad wheels
from the subject firm increased.
United States aggregate imports of parts of railway/tramway
locomotives/rolling stock, wheels, whether or not fitted with
axles declined substantially in 2001 compared with 2000.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investiga-
tion, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with rolled seamless rings produced at The
Standard Steel, Burnham, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly to
the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers producing seamless rings at that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Standard Steel, Burnham, Pennsylvania,
engaged in employment related to the production of rolled
seamless rings, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 22, 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."



"I further determine that all workers of Standard Steel,
Burnham, Pennsylvania, engaged in the production of railroad
wheels are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 19th day of August 2002


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