[Federal Register: June 21, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 120)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-40,349]

 
Willamette Industries, Inc., (Currently Known as Weyerhaueser), 
Saginaw Planer, Saginaw, OR; Notice of Revised Determination on 
Reconsideration

    By letter of May 4, 2002, the company requested administrative 
reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative Determination 
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, 
applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
issued on March 26, 2002, based on the finding that a survey of 
customers indicated that increased imports did not contribute 
importantly to worker separations at the subject firm. The denial 
notice was published in the Federal Register on April 5, 2002 (67 FR 
16441).
    The company requested further examination of the survey conducted 
by the Department of Labor (DOL) and also requested that a new survey 
be conducted if the initial survey was performed incorrectly.
    The Department on further review of the survey results discovered 
that a major customer increased their reliance on imported lumber like 
or directly competitive with products produced at the subject plant 
during relevant period.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Willamette Industries, 
Inc., Saginaw Planer, Saginaw, Oregon 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 Willamette Industries, Inc., Saginaw Planer, 
Saginaw, Oregon who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after November 2, 2000 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.

    Signed in Washington, DC this 6th day of June 2002.
Edward A. Tomchick,
Director, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 02-15747 Filed 6-20-02; 8:45 am]
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