UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 6, 2007          
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-12001   25-1792394
 
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) 		  (Commission
File Number) 		  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
1000 Six PPG Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   15222-5479
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (412) 394-2800          
N/A
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report).
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
      (d)  On December 6, 2007, J. Brett Harvey was elected to the Board of Directors of Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (the “Company”) as a Class III director, effective immediately, in connection with the Board increasing the number of directors constituting the Board from ten to eleven. Effective as of the same date, the Board appointed Mr. Harvey to serve on the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board. Mr. Harvey will stand for election at the Company’s 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
     Mr. Harvey is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CONSOL Energy Inc. (“CONSOL”), a high-Btu bituminous coal and coal bed methane company. The Board has determined that Mr. Harvey is an independent director under applicable New York Stock Exchange listing requirements and the Company’s categorical Board independence standards, which are set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.
     As a non-employee director of the Board, Mr. Harvey will receive the standard compensation paid to other non-employee directors for service on the Board and pro rata compensation for his service as a director in 2007, which includes 67 shares of restricted stock granted to Mr. Harvey on December 6, 2007 upon his election to the Board.
     There were no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Harvey and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Harvey was elected as a director, and there are and have been no transactions since the beginning of the Company’s last fiscal year, or currently proposed, regarding Mr. Harvey that are required to be disclosed by Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
     The Company issued a press release on December 6, 2007 to announce the election of Mr. Harvey to the Board. The press release is set forth in its entirety and attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)       Exhibits.
          Exhibit 99.1           Press release dated December 6, 2007.

SIGNATURE
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
           
    ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
 
       
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Jon D. Walton
 
       
 
      Jon D. Walton
Executive Vice President, Human Resources,
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Date: December 7, 2007
EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.
  Description
 
   
Exhibit 99.1
  Press release dated December 6, 2007.

Exhibit 99.1
(ALLEGHENY TECHNOLOGIES)
Contact: Dan L. Greenfield
412- 394-3004
Allegheny Technologies Elects New Director
Pittsburgh, PA, December 6, 2007 — Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: ATI) announced today that J. Brett Harvey has been elected to the Company’s Board of Directors. His election increases the number of directors to eleven. Mr. Harvey, 57, is President and Chief Executive Officer of CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNX), a high-Btu bituminous coal and coal bed methane company.
“We are very pleased that Brett Harvey has joined our Board,” said Pat Hassey, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allegheny Technologies. “His extensive business experience and perspective should prove valuable to the Company and the Board.”
Mr. Harvey has been President and Chief Executive Officer of CONSOL Energy Inc. since 1998. Prior to that, he served as president and chief executive officer of PacifiCorp Energy Inc., and in several other management positions at PacifiCorp, including president and chief executive officer of Interwest Mining Company. Mr. Harvey is also currently a director of CONSOL Energy Inc., CNX Gas Corporation and Barrick Gold Corporation.
Mr. Harvey has been appointed to the Nominating and Governance Committee, and will stand for election at the 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Building the World’s Best Specialty Metals Company™
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated (ATI) is one of the largest and most diversified specialty metals producers in the world with revenues of $5.6 billion during the most recent four quarters ending September 30, 2007. ATI has approximately 9,500 full-time employees world-wide who develop and apply innovative technologies to provide global markets a wide range of specialty metals solutions. Our major markets are aerospace and defense, chemical process industry/oil and gas, electrical energy, medical, automotive, food equipment and appliance, machine and cutting tools, and construction and mining. Our products include titanium and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and superalloys, stainless and specialty alloys, zirconium, hafnium, and niobium, tungsten materials, grain-oriented silicon electrical products, and forgings and castings. The Allegheny Technologies website is www.AlleghenyTechnologies.com .
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