[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 116 (Thursday, June 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 28957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14333]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-65,246]


Weyerhaeuser NR Company, I-Level Lumber--Aberdeen Division; 
Aberdeen, WA; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application 
for Reconsideration

    By application dated May 19, 2009, the Carpenters Industrial 
Council/United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 
Union 3099 requested administrative reconsideration of the negative 
determination regarding workers' eligibility to apply for Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance 
(ATAA) applicable to workers and former workers of the subject firm. 
The determination was issued on May 8, 2009. The Notice of 
Determination will soon be published in the Federal Register.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of softwood dimensional lumber, 
specifically Western Hemlock and Douglas Fir did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the subject firm and no shift of 
production to a foreign source occurred.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
additional information regarding imports of softwood dimensional lumber 
and alleged that the subject firm might have increased imports of 
softwood dimensional lumber in the relevant period. The petitioner also 
alleged that the subject firm might be eligible for TAA as secondary 
downstream producer of trade certified primary firm.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and the existing record and has determined that the 
Department will conduct further investigation to determine if the 
workers meet the eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S. 
Department of Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, 
granted.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 10th day of June 2009.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-14333 Filed 6-17-09; 8:45 am]
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