DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,545

TEMPLE-INLAND FOREST PRODUCTS CORP.
MT. JEWETT PARTICLEBOARD OPERATION
MT. JEWETT, PENNSYLVANIA

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 on April 22, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp., Mt. Jewett Particleboard
Operations, Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject
firm produced particleboard.
The investigation revealed sales, production and employment
declined absolutely with the shutdown of operations on April 15,
2003.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject firm
did not import particleboard or shift production abroad in 2001,
2002, or during January through April 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customer regarding their purchases of particleboard.
This survey revealed increased imports of particleboard during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with particleboard produced at Temple-
Inland Forest Products Corp., Mt. Jewett Particleboard Operations,
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania 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 Temple-Inland Forest Products Corp., Mt.
Jewett Particleboard Operations, Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 14, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of May, 2003


/s/Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance