DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,036

WIGGINS LUMBER COMPANY
WIGGINS, MISSISSIPPI


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 on March 18, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Wiggins
Lumber Company, Wiggins, Mississippi. The workers are engaged in
the production of softwood dimensional lumber.
The investigation revealed that the subject company ceased
to operate in March 2001.
The investigation also revealed that the subject company did
not import 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 increased customer reliance upon import
purchases of softwood dimensional lumber during the period of
sales and production decline at the subject company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject
firm, contributed importantly to the decline in sales and
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 Wiggins Lumber Company, Wiggins,
Mississippi, engaged in the production of softwood
dimensional lumber, who are totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 16, 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 21st day of June 2002.


/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance