DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,992

COASTAL MACHINERY COMPANY
PORTLAND, 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;

(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 April 9, 2001 in response
to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW), District Lodge 24, on
behalf of workers at Coastal Machinery Company, Portland, Oregon.
The workers were engaged in activity related to the production of
planers and feed-tables (planing machines).
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed no company imports of planers
and/or feed-tables.
The petitioners allege that the worker separations were
caused by imports of finished lumber and exports of raw logs.
Imports of planers and feed-tables must considered for the basis
for possible certification.
Currently, there is a NAFTA-TAA petition investigation in
process for the workers at Coastal Machinery Company, NAFTA-4697.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Coastal Machinery Company, Portland, Oregon are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 12th day of April 2001.

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