DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,855

WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
FOSTER PLYWOOD DIVISION
NOW KNOWN AS WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
SWEET HOME, OREGON

Amended Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Revised Determination
on Reconsideration on September 28, 2001, applicable to workers
of Willamette Industries, Inc., Foster Plywood Division, Sweet
Home, Oregon. The notice was published in the Federal Register
on October 19, 2001 (FR 66 53253).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the revised determination for workers of the subject firm.
Information provided by the State and the company shows that
Weyerhaeuser Company purchased Willamette Industries, Inc. in
March 2002 and is now known as Weyerhaeuser Company.
Information also shows that workers separated from
employment at the subject firm, had their wages reported under a
separate unemployment insurance (UI) tax account for Weyerhaeuser
Company.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the revised
determination to properly reflect this matter.


The intent of the Department's revised determination is to
include all workers of Willamete Industries, Inc., Foster Plywood
Division, now known as Weyerhaeuser Company who were adversely
affected by increased imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-38,855 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers engaged in the production of veneer core at
Willamette Industries, Inc., Foster Plywood Division, now
known as Weyerhaeuser Company, Sweet Home, Oregon who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 1, 2000, through September 28, 2003, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974."

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 4th day of April, 2001.


/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,855

WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
FOSTER PLYWOOD DIVISION
SWEET HOME, OREGON

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; and

(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 March 19, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Willamette
Industries, Inc., Foster Plywood Division, Sweet Home, Oregon.
The workers are engaged in activity related to the production of
plywood.
The investigation revealed that criteria (1) and (2) have
not been met.
The investigation revealed that the number of workers
separated at the Sweet Home, Oregon mill, did not account for a
significant proportion of total workers at the subject firm.
The investigation also revealed that there was no decline in
sales or production at the subject company during the relevant
time period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Willamette Industries, Inc., Foster Plywood Division, Sweet Home,
Oregon, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 3rd day of April 2001.


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