DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,349

WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(CURRENTLY KNOWN AS WEYERHAUESER)
SAGINAW PLANER
SAGINAW, OREGON

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

By letter of May 4, 2002, the company requested
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department=s
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject
firm.
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on March 26, 2002, based on the finding that
a survey of customers indicated that increased imports did not
contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject firm.
The denial notice was published in the Federal Register on April
5, 2002 (67 FR 16441).
The company requested further examination of the survey
conducted by the Department of Labor (DOL) and also requested
that a new survey be conducted if the initial survey was
performed incorrectly.
The Department on further review of the survey results
discovered that a major customer increased their reliance on
imported lumber like or directly competitive with products
produced at the subject plant during relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Willamette
Industries, Inc., Saginaw Planer, Saginaw, Oregon contributed
importantly to the declines in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers at the subject firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Willamette Industries, Inc., Saginaw Planer,
Saginaw, Oregon who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 2, 2000 through two
years from the date of this certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of June 2002.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance