DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,002

LONGVIEW FIBRE COMPANY
LEAVENWORTH WOOD PRODUCTS
LEAVENWORTH, WASHINGTON

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, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met – the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 4, 2002 and filed by the Western Council of
Industrial Workers, on behalf of workers at Longview Fibre Company,
Leavenworth Wood Products, Leavenworth, Washington. The workers
produce kiln dried dimension lumber.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from January
through September 2002 when compared to the same time period in
2001.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
increasing aggregate United States imports of softwood lumber
during the period under investigation.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with kiln dried dimension lumber
produced at Longview Fibre Company, Leavenworth Wood Products,
Leavenworth, Washington contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Longview Fibre Company, Leavenworth Wood
Products, Leavenworth, Washington, engaged in employment
related to dimension lumber, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 4, 2001,
through two years from the date of certification are eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 25th day of November, 2002.

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