[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60768-60769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17106]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-59,533]


Yakima Resources, LLC; Yakima, Washington; Notice of Negative 
Determination on Reconsideration

    On September 12, 2006, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the workers 
and former workers of Yakima Resources, LLC, Yakima, Washington (the 
subject firm). The Department's Notice of Affirmative Determination was 
published in the Federal Register on September 21, 2006 (71 FR 55219). 
Workers produce plywood.
    The petition for the workers of the subject firm was denied because 
there was no shift of production and the ``contributed importantly'' 
group eligibility requirement of section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
as amended, was not met. The ``contributed importantly'' test is 
generally demonstrated through increased imports by the subject firm or 
its customers. The investigation revealed neither a shift of production 
abroad nor an increase in imports of plywood during the relevant 
period.
    In the request for reconsideration, the Western Council of 
Industrial Workers, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of 
America (the Union) alleged that the Department had failed to 
investigate increased imports of oriented strand board (OSB), which is 
like and directly competitive with plywood.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department asked both 
the subject firm and the subject firm's sole customer of plywood 
whether they had increased import purchases of OSB. Both respondents 
answered in the negative.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA), the 
subject worker group must be certified eligible to apply for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA). Since the subject workers are denied 
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible 
for ATAA.

Conclusion

    After careful reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of 
negative determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment 
assistance for workers and former workers of Yakima Resources, LLC, 
Yakima, Washington.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of September, 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
 [FR Doc. E6-17106 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am]
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