[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31628-31629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15133]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
[NAFTA--01228]


Boise Cascade Corporation Paper Division Vancouver, Washington; 
Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    On February 4, 1997, the Department, issued a Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration regarding the 
petition for workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on December 6, 1996, because Boise Cascade did not import coated 
and security paper from sources located in Canada or Mexico, nor was 
there a shift of production to Canada of Mexico. Furthermore, a survey 
of the subject firm's customers revealed that none of the customers 
reported purchasing paper from Canada or Mexico during the relevant 
periods. The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on 
December 24, 1996 (61 FR 67858).
    On reconsideration, the Department found that the customer survey

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conducted for the initial investigation was limited to those customers 
purchasing coated and uncoated paper used to make business forms. Other 
findings on reconsideration show that prior to the closure of Boise 
Cascade's Paper Division in Vancouver, various paper products accounted 
for the primary output at the plant. Company officials supplied the 
Department a list of customers accounting for the sales decline at the 
subject plant. New findings show that some customers reported increased 
import purchases of paper products from Mexico and Canada (both direct 
and indirect) in 1995 compared to 1994, and in January through 
September 1996 compared to the same time period of 1995. Sales, 
production and employment declined during the relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles from 
Canada and Mexico like or directly competitive with paper products, 
contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production and to 
the total or partial separation of workers of Boise Cascade 
Corporation, Paper Division, Vancouver, Washington. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

    ``All workers of Boise Cascade Corporation, Paper Division, 
Vancouver, Washington who become totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after September 9, 1995, are eligible to apply for 
NAFTA-TAA under section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed in Washington, DC this 27th day of May 1997.
Russell T. Kile,
Program Manager, Policy and Reemployment Services, Office of Trade 
Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 97-15133 Filed 6-9-97; 8:45 am]
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