DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

QUALITY VENEER & LUMBER
HANDEL LUMBER DIVISION

TA-W-38,169
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
AND
TA-W-38,169A
ODELL, OREGON

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reopening
On December 22, 2000, the Department issued a Notice of
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance, applicable to workers of Quality Veneer &
Lumber, Handel Lumber Division, Hood River and Odell, Oregon.
The notice will soon be published in the Federal Register.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination for the workers producing dimension lumber at the
subject firm plants, based on the finding that criterion (3) of
Section 222 of the worker group eligibility requirements of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended, was not met.
The Department has obtained a response from a customer of
the subject firm showing that the customer increased reliance on
import purchases of dimension lumber during the time period that
Quality Veneer was reducing production and employment.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reopening, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with dimension lumber contributed
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of Quality Veneer &
Lumber, Hood River, Oregon and Odell, Oregon. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Quality Veneer & Lumber, Hood River, Oregon
and Odell, Oregon, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 20, 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 9th day of January 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance