DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,216

CARNEY PRODUCTS COMPANY, LTD
A SUBSIDIARY OF FLANNERY-COMERFORD, INC
ST. MARIES, IDAHO

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 investigation was initiated on November 29, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Carney Products Company, Ltd., a subsidiary of
Flannery-Comerford, St. Maries, Idaho. The workers at the
subject firm produce western red cedar utility poles.
The investigation revealed that production at the subject
firm declined from 2000 to 2001. Production also declined from
January through November of 2002 when compared to the same time
period in 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customer regarding their purchases of western red cedar utility
poles. This survey revealed increases in customer imports of
western red cedar utility poles during the relevant time period.


















Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with western red cedar utility
poles produced at Carney Products Company, Ltd., a subsidiary of
Flannery-Comerford, St. Maries, Idaho 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 Carney Products Company, Ltd., a subsidiary
of Flannery-Comerford, St. Maries, Idaho who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
13, 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 20th day of December, 2002



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