DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,565

ENVIRON, INC.
d/b/a FORRESTER'S
PORTLAND, OREGON

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 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 14, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Environs,
Inc., d/b/a Forrester's, Portland, Oregon. The workers produce
golf outerwear such as sport shirts, rain suits and jackets.
A petition for the NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance
has not been filed on behalf of workers at the subject plant.
This investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased in the FY-ending June 2001 as compared
with the same period in 2000.




The investigation also revealed that company imports of golf
outerwear such as sport shirts, rain suits and jackets increased
in the FY-ending June 2001 as compared with the same period in
2000 and continued to increase in 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with outerwear such as sport shirts,
rain suits and jackets primarily to play golf at Environs, Inc.,
d/b/a Forrester's, Portland, Oregon, 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 Environs, Inc., d/b/a Forrester's, Portland,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from em-
ployment on or after October 26, 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 4th day of March, 2002.

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