[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 34039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16608]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-65,700]


Weyerhaeuser NR Company, Raymond Lumbermill, Raymond, WA; Notice 
of Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated June 23, 2009, the International Association 
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Woodworkers District Lodge W1 
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 June 5, 2009. The Notice of Determination was published in 
the Federal Register on June 18, 2009 (74 FR 28961).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the finding that imports of softwood dimensional lumber 
(hemlock) 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 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 6th day of July 2009.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-16608 Filed 7-13-09; 8:45 am]
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