DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,368

CROWN PACIFIC LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO

Negative Determination 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 U.S. Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated; and

(2) sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on November 27, 2000 in
response to a petition filed by International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local W364, on behalf of
workers at Crown Pacific Limited Partnership, Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho. The workers produced board and dimension lumber and are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm does not itself import the products it
manufactures.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their purchases of board and
dimensional lumber. The survey revealed that none of the
respondents reported increases in imports while reducing
purchases from the subject firm in the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Crown
Pacific Limited Partnership, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974. Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of February 2001.




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