DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,113

FLEMING LUMBER COMPANY, INC.
MILLIGAN, FLORIDA


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)(B) of Section
222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 18, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Fleming Lumber Company, Inc., Milligan, Florida.
Workers produce softwood dimensional lumber. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that the subject company ceased
production on November 12, 2002.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding purchases of softwood dimensional
lumber during the periods 2000, 2001, January-October 2001 and
January-October 2002. The survey revealed increased customer reliance
upon import purchases during the period of 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 softwood dimensional lumber produced at Fleming
Lumber Company, Inc., Milligan, Florida 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 Fleming Lumber Company, Inc., Milligan, Florida
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 18, 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 23rd day of December, 2002


/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance