[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 93 (Monday, May 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25851-25852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2425]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-56,322]


Roseburg Forest Products Particleboard Plant a Subsidiary of RLC 
Industries Roseburg, OR; Negative Determination on Reconsideration

    On April 6, 2005, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The Department's notice of 
determination was published in the Federal Register on April 25, 2005 
(70 FR 21251).
    The Department initially denied Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
to former workers of Roseburg Forest Products Particleboard Plant, a 
Subsidiary of RLC Industries, Roseburg, Oregon, because sales or 
production did not decline, and there was no shift in production from 
that firm to a foreign country.
    The initial investigation revealed that the value of sales and the 
quantity of production of particleboard increased in 2004 from 2003 
levels and that production did not shift abroad.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner, the Western 
Council of Industrial Workers, Local 2949, alleged that production 
declined during the fourth quarter of 2004.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department requested

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that Roseburg respond to the petitioner's allegation. According to the 
company officials, the decline in the fourth quarter of 2004 was a 
seasonal decline due to difficulties of the building trades during 
extremely harsh winter conditions. Further, workers who were separated 
during the building lull are usually re-hired once the orders increase 
as the weather becomes less inclement.
    The Department conducts its petition investigations for the one 
year period prior to the date of the petition. In this case the 
petition for workers of Roseburg Forest Products Particleboard Plant, 
Roseburg, Oregon, was dated January 11, 2005. Although the company 
concurs that there was decline in production during the forth quarter 
of 2004, during the full year 2004 both sales and production at the 
subject firm increased.

Conclusion

    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
for workers and former workers of Roseburg Forest Products, 
Particleboard Plant, a Subsidiary of RLC Industries, Roseburg, Oregon.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of May 2005.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E5-2425 Filed 5-13-05; 8:45 am]
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