DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,247

NORTH POWDER LUMBER COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF TREE SOURCE
NORTH POWDER, 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 October 23, 2000 and filed on behalf of workers at
North Powder Lumber Company, a Tree Source subsidiary, North
Powder, Oregon. The workers were engaged in the manufacture of
stud lumber.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined during the relevant time period. The
Department conducted a survey of major customers of the subject
firm. The survey revealed that a major customer has increased
its reliance on purchases of imported stud lumber while reducing
purchases from the subject firm.

A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed for workers at the subject firm (NAFTA -04205). A
decision on that investigation 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 stud lumber produced at North Powder
Lumber Company, a subsidiary of Tree Source, North Powder, 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 North Powder Lumber Company, a subsidiary of
Tree Source, North Powder, Oregon who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 2,
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 27th day of November, 2000

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