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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * EDELSON JILL SCHNITZER   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) (Last) (First) (Middle) 3200 NW YEON AVENUE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 12/01/2008 (Street) PORTLAND, OR 97210 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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 12/01/2008   A(2)   2.746 A $ 22.63 5,596.452 I See Note (3)

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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	175,000		175,000	I	By Voting Trust (5)
Class B Common Stock	(4)							(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	50,864		50,864	I	By Voting Trust (6)
Class B Common Stock	(4)							(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	29,127		29,127	I	By Voting Trust (7)
Class B Common Stock	(4)							(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	29,127		29,127	I	By Voting Trust (8)
Class B Common Stock	(4)							(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	30,385		30,385	I	By Voting Trust (9)
Class B Common Stock	(4)							(4)	(4)	Class A Common Stock	45,000		45,000	I	By Trust (10)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
EDELSON JILL SCHNITZER 3200 NW YEON AVENUE PORTLAND, OR 97210	X	X

Signatures

Monica Rodal, Attorney-In-Fact		12/02/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	By Jill Schnitzer Edelson, as custodian under Ohio Uniform Transfers to Minors Act, F/B/O Lauren R. Edelson.
(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 the Jill Schnitzer Edelson 2008 Annuity Trust.
(6)	Voting trust certificates or shares, as the case may be, are held by Jill Schnitzer Edelson and Richard H. Edelson, Trustees U/A/D 2/22/95, F/B/O Jill Schnitzer Edelson (the "Jill Trust").
(7)	Voting trust certificates or shares, as the case may be, are held by Jill Schnitzer Edelson, Family Trustee, and Dina S. Meier, Independent Trustee, U/A/D December 22, 1994 F/B/O Brooke Danielle Edelson.
(8)	Voting trust certificates or shares, as the case may be, are held by Jill Schnitzer Edelson, Family Trustee, and Dina S. Meier, Independent Trustee, U/A/D December 22, 1994 F/B/O Lauren Rachelle Edelson.
(9)	Voting trust certificates or shares, as the case may be, are held by Jill Schnitzer Edelson, Family Trustee, and Dina S. Meier, Independent Trustee, U/A/D November 3, 1997 F/B/O Brendan Zane Edelson.
(10)	Shares are held by trust under Trust Agreement dated January 30, 1970 of which Jill Schnitzer Edelson is the primary beneficiary.

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