[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51978-51979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25469]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-4584; NAFTA-4584A]


International Paper, Costigan Mill, Milford, ME; International 
Paper, Passadumkeag Mill, Passadumkeag, ME; Notice of Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On June 25, 2001, the Department of Labor issued a notice of 
affirmative determination regarding application for reconsideration of 
the denial of NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance for workers of 
the subject firm. The notice was published in the Federal Register on 
July 11, 2001 (66 FR 36331).
    The workers at International Paper, Costigan Mill, Milford, Maine 
and the Passadumkeag Mill in Passadumkeag, Maine, produced stud grade 
lumber. The petition was denied because criteria (3) and (4) of the 
group eligibility requirements of paragraph (a)(1) of section 250 of 
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended was not met.
    On reconsideration, the Department conducted additional customer 
surveys. The surveys revealed that customers increased import purchases 
of stud grade lumber from Mexico and Canada while reducing purchases 
from International Paper's Costigan and Passadumkeag mills.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports from Mexico and 
Canada of articles like or directly competitive with stud grade lumber 
produced by the workers of International Paper, Costigan Mill, Milford, 
Maine, and Passadumkeag Mill, Passadumkeag, Maine, contributed 
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the total or 
partial separation of workers of the subject firms. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Trade Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of International Paper, Costigan Mill, Milford, 
Maine, and Passadumkeag Mill, Passadumkeag, Maine, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after February 
15, 2000, through two years from the date of this

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revised determination, are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under 
Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 25th day of September 2001.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
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