-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QQsvCWIhkYjOb0wq0xnwraOFj62ZQu+vta8TG0cMEjPFjEt4EnzL8OuOOzWYpjRB 3GHbdHw3EXDwzox/yrm/SA== 0000950123-09-073694.txt : 20100218 0000950123-09-073694.hdr.sgml : 20100218 20091229060050 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-073694 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091229 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OLYMPIC STEEL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000917470 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: WHOLESALE-METALS SERVICE CENTERS & OFFICES [5051] IRS NUMBER: 341245650 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5080 RICHMOND RD CITY: BEDFORD HEIGHTS STATE: OH ZIP: 44146 BUSINESS PHONE: 2162923800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 5096 RICHMOND RD CITY: BEDFORD HEIGHTS STATE: OH ZIP: 44146 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm corresp
Olympic Steel, Inc.
5096 Richmond Road
Bedford Heights, Ohio 44146
December 29, 2009
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Tarik Gause
  Re:   Olympic Steel, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-162723)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     On behalf of Olympic Steel, Inc. (the “Company”), the undersigned hereby requests, pursuant to Rule 461(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, that the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-162723) (the “Registration Statement”) of the Company be declared effective at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, January 4, 2010, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The Company respectfully requests that you notify Michael J. Solecki of such effectiveness by a telephone call to (216) 586-7103.
     In connection with such request, the undersigned, on behalf of the Company, hereby acknowledges the following:
  •   should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement;
 
  •   the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and
 
  •   the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

 

 

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     Please contact Michael J. Solecki at Jones Day at (216) 586-7103 if you have any questions concerning this matter. Thank you for your continued attention to this matter.
         
  Very truly yours,

OLYMPIC STEEL, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Richard T. Marabito   
    Name:   Richard T. Marabito   
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer   
 
cc:   Michael J. Solecki, Esq.

 

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