DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,044

LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORPORATION
ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS
HINES, OREGON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on September 5, 2000 and filed on behalf of workers at
Louisiana Pacific Corporation, Engineered Wood Products, Hines,
Oregon. The workers were engaged in the manufacture of laminated
veneer lumber.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment all declined during the relevant time period. The
investigation further revealed that the parent company made a
strategic business decision to reduce production at the subject
facility and increase its imports of laminated veneer lumber.

A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed for workers at this facility (NAFTA-4118). A
determination on that petition will be made concurrently with
this determination.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with laminated veneer lumber produced at
Louisiana Pacific Corporation, Engineered Wood Products, Hines,
Oregon, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Louisiana Pacific Corporation, Engineered
Wood Products, Hines, Oregon, engaged in employment related
to the production of laminated veneer lumber, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 17, 1999 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of October, 2000


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance