[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6657-6658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2734]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,924; TA-W-63,924A]


Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande Lumber 
Mill, La Grande, OR; Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La 
Grande Particleboard, La Grande, OR; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    On November 14, 2008, the Department issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application on Reconsideration applicable to 
workers and former workers of the subject firm. The notice was 
published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2008 (73 FR 71693).
    The previous investigation initiated on August 25, 2008, resulted 
in a negative determination issued on October 1, 2008, was based on the 
finding that imports of softwood lumber and particleboard did not 
contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject firm and no 
shift in production to a foreign source occurred. The denial notice was 
published in the Federal Register on October 20, 2008 (73 FR 62323).
    On reconsideration, the Department requested an additional list of 
customers of the subject firm and conducted a customer survey to 
determine whether imports of lumber and particleboard negatively 
impacted employment at the subject firms.
    Upon further investigation, after receiving the customer list it 
was determined that Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La 
Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924) supplied component 
parts for window and door frames and a loss of business with a 
manufacturer of window and door frames whose workers were certified 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to 
the separation or threat of separation of workers at Boise Cascade, 
LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande, Oregon 
(TA-W-63,924).
    Furthermore, the survey of the major declining customers of Boise 
Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande Particleboard, La 
Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924A) revealed that the major declining 
customer increased its reliance on imports of particleboard while 
decreasing purchases from the subject firm from 2006 to 2007 and during 
January through August 2008 over the corresponding 2007 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

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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 determine that workers of Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood 
Products Division, La Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-
63,924), qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under Section 
222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and that an increased 
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive with those 
produced at Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande 
Particleboard, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924A), 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 Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La 
Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924), and all workers 
of Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande 
Particleboard, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924A), who became totally 
or partially separated from employment on or after August 20, 2007, 
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 26th day of January 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-2734 Filed 2-9-09; 8:45 am]
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