DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,651

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION
INDUSTRIAL WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
GAYLORD PARTICLEBOARD
GAYLORD, MICHIGAN

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 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) that 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;

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

(3) that 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 February 5, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Georgia-
Pacific Corporation, Industrial Wood Products Division, Gaylord
Particleboard, Gaylord, Michigan. The workers are engaged in
activity related to the production of particleboard.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject company does not
import particleboard.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their import purchases of
particleboard.
The survey revealed that the customers' import purchases of
particleboard did not significantly increase during the same
period that sales and production declined at the subject company.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Industrial Wood Products Division,
Gaylord Particleboard, Gaylord, Michigan are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of April 2001.


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