DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,522

LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP.
SARATOGA, WYOMING

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 January 8, 2003 and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Louisiana Pacific Corp., Saratoga, Wyoming. The workers
produced softwood lumber.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined absolutely when the company ceased
operations on January 29, 2003.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that there were
substantial and increasing United States aggregate 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 softwood lumber produced at
Louisiana Pacific Corp., Saratoga, Wyoming 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 Louisiana Pacific Corp., Saratoga, Wyoming who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 27, 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 1st day of May 2003.



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