[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 7512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1901]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-38,169; TA-W-38,169A]


Quality Veneer & Lumber, Handel Lumber Division, Hood River, 
Oregon and Odell, Oregon. Notice of Revised Determination on Reopening

    On December 22, 2000, the Department issued a Notice of Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply to Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to workers of Quality Veneer & Lumber, Handel 
Lumber Division, Hood River and Odell, Oregon. The notice will soon be 
published in the Federal Register.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination for 
the workers producing dimension lumber at the subject firm plants, 
based on the finding that criterion (3) of Section 222 of the worker 
group eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, 
was not met.
    The Department has obtained a response from a customer of the 
subject firm showing that the customer increased reliance on import 
purchases of dimension lumber during the time period that Quality 
Veneer was reducing production and employment.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on reopening, 
I conclude that increased imports of articles like or directly 
competitive with dimension lumber contributed importantly to the 
declines in sales or production and to the, total or partial separation 
of workers of Quality Veneer & Lumber, Hood River, Oregon and Odell, 
Oregon. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the 
following certification:
    All workers of Quality Veneer & Lumber, Hood River, Oregon and 
Odell, Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after September 20, 1999, through two years from 
the date of certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 9th day of January, 2001.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 01-1901 Filed 1-22-01; 8:45 am]
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