[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37584-37585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14853]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-82,285]


U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., Mckeesport Tubular Operations 
Division, Subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, Mckeesport, 
Pennsylvania; Notice of Amended Certification

    Pursuant to Section 221 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, an 
investigation was initiated in response to a petition for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) filed on December 20, 2012 on behalf of 
workers of U.S. Steel Tubular Products, McKeesport Tubular Operations 
Division, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, McKeesport, 
Pennsylvania (hereafter collectively referred to as ``U.S. Steel 
Tubular Products'' or ``subject firm''). The workers' firm produces 
steel drill pipe and drill collars. The worker group does not include 
on-site leased workers.
    On January 28, 2013, the Department issued a certification stating 
that the criteria set forth in Section 222(e) of the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended, was met.
    A review of the determination and the petition, however, revealed 
that the certification was erroneously issued. Specifically, the 
determination inaccurately stated that the petition was filed within a 
year of the March 3, 2011 publication in the Federal Register of the 
International Trade Commission's finding that dumping of drill pipes 
and drill collars from China negatively impacted U.S. firms engaged in 
production of those articles.
    Although the subject firm was publicly identified by name by the 
International Trade Commission (ITC) as a member of a domestic industry 
in an investigation resulting in a category of determination that is 
listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2272(e), the petition 
was filed more than a year after the publication of the ITC's findings 
in the Federal Register.
    As such, the Department conducted another investigation to 
determine whether or not the petitioning worker group has met the 
criteria set forth in Section 222(a) or (b) of the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended.
    Based on previously-submitted information and additional 
information obtained during the amendment investigation, the Department 
has determined that Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a 
significant number or proportion of the workers at U.S. Steel Tubular 
Products have become

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totally or partially separated, or are threatened with such separation; 
that Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because U.S. Steel Tubular 
Products sales and/or production of steel drill pipe and drill collars 
have decreased; that Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because 
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive with steel 
drill pipe and drill collars produced by U.S. Steel Tubular Products 
have increased during the relevant period; and that Section 
222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased aggregate imports 
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and sales/
production declines at U.S. Steel Tubular Products.

Conclusion

    After careful review of previously-submitted facts and new facts 
obtained during the amendment investigation, I determine that workers 
of U.S. Steel Tubular Products, McKeesport Tubular Operations Division, 
a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, McKeesport, 
Pennsylvania, who were engaged in employment related to the production 
of steel drill pipe and drill collars, meet the worker group 
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 
2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. 2273, I 
make the following certification:

    All workers of U.S. Steel Tubular Products, McKeesport Tubular 
Operations Division, a subsidiary of United States Steel 
Corporation, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after December 19, 2011, 
through January 28, 2013, and all workers in the group threatened 
with total or partial separation from employment on January 28, 2013 
through January 28, 2015, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 5th day of June, 2013.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2013-14853 Filed 6-20-13; 8:45 am]
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