[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40636-40637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16737]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-81,314]


Northwest Hardwoods, Inc., Including On-Site Leased Workers of 
Manpower, Tacoma, WA; Notice of Affirmative Determination Regarding 
Application for Reconsideration

    By application dated May 9, 2012, a representative of the 
Washington State Labor Council, Olympia, Washington, requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) 
applicable to workers and former workers of Northwest Hardwoods, Inc., 
Tacoma, Washington (subject firm). The determination was issued on May 
4, 2012. The subject firm produces alder lumber.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the findings that there was no shift in production and there 
were no imports of like or directly competitive articles by the subject 
firm or customers. The initial investigation also revealed that the 
subject firm is not a supplier to, or act as a downstream producer for, 
an eligible firm that employed a worker group eligible to apply for 
TAA.
    The representative of the Washington State Labor Council requests 
that the Department look into further detail whether or not the subject 
firm is a supplier to a TAA-certified firm

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(Kimberly Clark; TA-W-81,097). Specifically, the representative stated 
that the subject firm supplied component parts, chips and hog fuel 
(bark and unusable contaminated chips), to Kimberly Clark.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and the existing record, and will conduct further 
investigation to determine if the workers meet the eligibility 
requirements of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.

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 26th day of June, 2012.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2012-16737 Filed 7-9-12; 8:45 am]
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