NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance: George Lumber Co.,

[Federal Register: August 7, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 152)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[NAFTA-02455]

Gorge Lumber Company, Portland, OR; Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance

Pursuant to Title V of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 103-182) concerning transitional adjustment assistance, hereinafter called NAFTA-TAA and in accordance with Section 250(a), Subchapter D, Chapter 2, Title II, of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2331), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply for NAFTA-TAA.

In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a certification of eligibility to apply for NAFTA-TAA, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph (a)(1)(A) or (a)(1)(B) of Section 250 of the Trade Act must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(1)(A) of Section 250 have been met.

The investigation was initiated on June 16, 1998, in response to a petition filedon behalf of workers at Gorge Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon. Workers at the subject firm were engaged in the production of wholesale lumber.

The investigation revealed that the subject firm relied on imports of lumber from Canada while decreasing sales, production and employment during the relevant periods. Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) investigation (TA-W-34,701) is currently in progress for workers at the subject firm. A decision will be made concurrently with this decision.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that there was an increase in company imports from Canada of articles that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act, I make the following certification:

All workers at Gorge Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 15, 1997 are eligible to apply for NAFTA-TAA under Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

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Signed at Washington, D.C., this 10th day of July 1998. Grant D. Beale, Acting Director, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.

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