98-10530. Allegheny Ludlum Corporation Leechburg, PA; Notice of Negative Determination on Reconsideration

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10530]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[TA-W-33,989]


Allegheny Ludlum Corporation Leechburg, PA; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On February 23, 1998, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The petitioner presented new 
evidence regarding declines in employment at the subject firm. The 
notice was published in the Federal Register on March 16, 1998 (63 FR 
12829).
    The Department initially denied TAA to workers of Allegheny Ludlum 
Steel, Leechburg, Pennsylvania because the criterion (2) of the group 
eligibility requirement of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended, was not met. Sales and production at the subject firm did not 
decline. Employment remained unchanged since the September 8, 1997 
expiration of the previous TAA certification (TA-W-31,231) for workers 
at the Leechburg plant.
    On reconsideration, the Department requested that Allegheny Ludlum 
Steel provide data for January through September 1996, and full year 
1997. Information provided by the company shows that employment at the 
Leechburg plant declined from 1996 to 1997. Production levels increased 
in January through September 1997 compared to the same time period of 
1996, and increased in 1997 compared to 1996.
    Statistics for electrical steel sheet and strip show that U.S. 
imports increased absolutely from 1996 to 1997, but the ratio of U.S. 
imports to U.S. shipments declined from 23.6 percent in 1996 to 21.8 
percent in 1997.

Conclusion

    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
for workers and former workers of Allegheny Ludlum Steel, Leechburg, 
Pennsylvania.

    Signed at Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of April, 1998.
Grant D. Beale,
Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 98-10530 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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