Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/13/2000
Filed Date: 07/23/2001
Most Recent Update: 09/05/2001
Determination Date: 09/05/2001
Expiration Date: 09/05/2003
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,696
HUNT FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.
CASTOR, LOUISIANA
Certification 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. It is determined in this case that all of the requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on July 23, 2001 and filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Hunt Forest Products, Inc., Castor, Louisiana. The workers were engaged in the production softwood lumber.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and employment levels at the subject company declined during the relevant time period.
The Department conducted a survey of the subject company=s major customers regarding purchases of softwood lumber.
The survey revealed that customer=s import purchases of softwood lumber increased during the time period in which the subject company experienced sales and production declines.
Currently, there is a NAFTA-TAA petition investigation pending for the workers at the subject company, NAFTA-5086.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with softwood lumber produced at Hunt Forest Products, Inc., Castor, Louisiana, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Hunt Forest Products, Inc., Castor, Louisiana, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after July 13, 2000 through two years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of September 2001
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-39,696
HUNT FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.
CASTOR, LOUISIANA
Certification 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. It is determined in this case that all of the requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition received on July 23, 2001 and filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Hunt Forest Products, Inc., Castor, Louisiana. The workers were engaged in the production softwood lumber.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and employment levels at the subject company declined during the relevant time period.
The Department conducted a survey of the subject company=s major customers regarding purchases of softwood lumber.
The survey revealed that customer=s import purchases of softwood lumber increased during the time period in which the subject company experienced sales and production declines.
Currently, there is a NAFTA-TAA petition investigation pending for the workers at the subject company, NAFTA-5086.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with softwood lumber produced at Hunt Forest Products, Inc., Castor, Louisiana, contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Hunt Forest Products, Inc., Castor, Louisiana, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after July 13, 2000 through two years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of September 2001
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance