[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 5074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1192]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,268]


Simpson Door Company, McCleary Washington Division, McCleary, WA; 
Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter postmarked December 16, 2005 United Brotherhood of 
Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local Union No. 2761 requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
signed on November 23, 2005 was based on the finding that the subject 
company did not separate or threaten to separate a significant number 
or proportion of workers during the relevant time period, as required 
by section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974. The denial notice was 
published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2005 (70 FR 74368).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information regarding employment at the subject facility. 
Upon further contact with the subject firm's company official, it was 
revealed that the subject firm separated a significant number of 
workers during the relevant time period. The investigation also 
revealed that the subject firm decreased production of wood stile and 
rail doors while increasing imports of wood stile and rail doors during 
the relevant time period.
    In accordance with section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply 
for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of section 246 of 
the Trade Act must be met. The Department has determined in this case 
that the requirements of section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Simpson Door Company, 
McCleary Washington Division, McCleary, Washington, contributed 
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the total or 
partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Simpson Door Company, McCleary Washington 
Division, McCleary, Washington who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after November 3, 2004 through two 
years from the date of this certification, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and are eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment 
assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 20th day of January 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-1192 Filed 1-30-06; 8:45 am]
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