DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,171

WESTERN LOG HOMES, INC.
CHILOQUIIN, 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 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 25, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Western Log Homes, Inc., Chiloquin, Oregon. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
landscape and housing materials.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject plant decreased during the period
under investigation.



The Department of Labor surveyed the major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of landscape and housing
materials during fiscal years 1999, 2000 and 2001. The survey
revealed relative increases in purchases of landscape and
housing materials from foreign sources during the relevant
period.
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 those produced by Western Log Homes,
Inc., Chiloquin, 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
Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Western Log Homes, Inc., Chiloquin, Oregon,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 2, 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 29th day of March, 2002


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