SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* NOVACK KENNETH M (Last) (First) (Middle) 3200 NW YEON AVENUE (Street) PORTLAND OR 97210 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SCHNITZER STEEL INDUSTRIES INC [ SCHN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/03/2010
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock								300	I	See Note(1)
Class A Common Stock	06/03/2010		A(2)		4.116	A	$46.07	13,962.411	I	See Note(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class B Common Stock	(4)							(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	263,506		263,506	I	By Voting Trust(5)
Class B Common Stock	(4)							(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	19,302		19,302	I	By Voting Trust(6)
Class B Common Stock	(4)							(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	12,556		12,556	I	By Voting Trust(7)
Class B Common Stock	(4)							(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	25,333		25,333	I	By Voting Trust(8)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* NOVACK KENNETH M (Last) (First) (Middle) 3200 NW YEON AVENUE (Street) PORTLAND OR 97210 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer X Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* NOVACK DEBORAH S (Last) (First) (Middle) 3200 NW YEON AVENUE (Street) PORTLAND OR 97210 (City) (State) (Zip) Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Shares are held by Kevin P. Novack, an immediate family member of the reporting persons who may be deemed to share the same household.

2. Deemed reinvestment of dividends under the issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

3. Deferred Shares that have been or will be credited to the reporting person's account under the issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

4. Class B Common Stock is immediately convertible on a one-for-one basis into Class A Common Stock and has no expiration date.

5. Voting trust certificates or shares, as the case may be, are held by Kenneth M. Novack and Deborah S. Novack, Trustees of the Hidden Valley Trust Agreement, under Trust Agreement dated December 11, 2006.

6. Voting trust certificates or shares, as the case may be, are held by the 1997 Melanie Novack Trust, dated 8/17/97, Deborah S. Novack and Kenneth M. Novack, collectively as Trustees.

7. Voting trust certificates or shares, as the case may be, are held by the 1997 Kevin Novack Trust, dated 8/17/97, Deborah S. Novack and Kenneth M. Novack, collectively as Trustees.

8. Voting Trust Certificates or shares, as the case may be, are held by Gary A. Schnitzer and Deborah Novack, Trustees, Gary A. Schnitzer Family Trust dated May 15, 1991.

Remarks:

	Richard C. Josephson, Attorney-In-Fact	06/07/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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