DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,200

INTERNATIONAL PAPER
WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
WASHINGTON, GEORGIA


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 eligi-bility 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 separat-
ed;

(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 October 15, 2001 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at
International Paper, Wood Products Division, Washington, Georgia.
The workers are engaged in employment related to the produc-
tion of softwood dimensional lumber.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed no increase in subject company
import purchases of softwood dimensional lumber.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their purchases of softwood
dimensional lumber.
The survey revealed no increase in customer import purchases
of softwood dimensional lumber during the period of declines at
the subject company.
Currently, there is a NAFTA-TAA petition investigation
pending for the workers at the subject company, NAFTA-5372.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
International Paper, Wood Products Division, Washington, Georgia,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 21st day March 2002.


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