DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,051

PLEASANT RIVER LUMBER COMPANY
DOVER-FOXCROFT, MAINE


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 16, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Pleasant
River Lumber Company, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine. The workers
produced softwood dimensional lumber.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that lightening damage at the
sawmill was the cause of worker separations at Pleasant River
Lumber Company.
Currently, there is a NAFTA-TAA petition (NAFTA-4734)
investigation in process for the workers at the subject company.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Pleasant River Lumber Company, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine 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 May 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance