[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 62374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26721]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-04003]


Wallowa Forest Products, Wallowa, Oregon; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reopening

    On August 22, 2000, the Department issued a Negative Determination 
Regarding Worker Eligibility to apply for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment 
Assistance applicable to workers of Wallowa Forest Products, Wallowa, 
Oregon. The notice was published in the Federal Register on September 
12, 2000 (65 FR 55050).
    By letters of September 21 and October 5, 2000, the company 
requested administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's 
denial and provided information about customer purchases of imported 
stud lumber that the Department had not previously considered.
    Workers at the subject firm were engaged in employment related to 
the production of stud lumber. The workers are not separately 
identifiable by product line.
    Sales, production and employment at the Wallowa facility declined 
during the relevant time period; the facility closed in June 2000.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
because there was no shift in production to Mexico or Canada and the 
company did not purchase imported stud lumber from Mexico or Canada. In 
addition, the Department conducted a survey of major customers which 
revealed that customers of the subject firm were not increasing their 
purchases of imported stud lumber.
    The customer information provided by the company in its request for 
administrative reconsideration, and verified by the Department, revels 
that a major customer increased purchases of imported stud lumber from 
Canada while reducing purchases from the subject firm.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained on reconsideration, I 
conclude that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with stud lumber contributed importantly to the declines in 
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers 
of Wallowa Forest Products, Wallowa, Oregon. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Trade Act, I make the following certification:

    ``All workers of Wallowa Forest Products, Wallowa, Oregon who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
June 27, 1999 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 
of the Trade Act of 1974.''

    Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of October 2000.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 00-26721 Filed 10-17-00; 8:45 am]
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