DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,450

COLUMBIA RIVER EGG FARM
RUFUS, OREGON

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 separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on April 29, 2002, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Columbia River Egg
Farm, Rufus, Oregon. The workers produced eggs.




The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm did not import eggs. The petitioners have a
cited a truncated demand for eggs in the export market. Loss of
export sales cannot be considered as a basis for certification
under the Trade Act of 1974. U.S. imports of eggs are the only
basis for certification under criteria #3, above. The value of
U.S. imports of eggs, in comparison to the value of U.S.
production, was vanishingly small during the relevant period – less
than one percent.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Columbia
River Egg Farm, Rufus, Oregon, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 1st day of July, 2002.

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