DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,870

McKENZIE FOREST PRODUCTS
SPRINGFIELD, OREGON

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm firm, have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:

1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on May 28, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at McKenzie Forest
Products, Springfield, Oregon. The workers produce plywood sid-
ing and sanded plywood and are not separately identifiable by
product line.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II.B)
have not been met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company
imports of plywood, nor was there a shift in production from the
Springfield, Oregon plant to a foreign country during the period
under investigation.
The United States Department of Labor conducted a survey of
major customers of McKenzie Forest Products, Springfield,
Oregon, regarding their purchases of plywood siding and sanded
plywood in 2001, 2002, and the first-quarter of 2003. The
survey revealed that respondents had no imports during the
relevant period.
Petitioners, and/or company officials, additionally allege
that job losses were due to their firm losing business as a
supplier to a company or firm that shifted production abroad or
was affected by increased imports. The investigation revealed,
however, that was not the case.
The subject firm did not supply a component to primary
firms whose workers have been certified as trade impacted.
Plywood is not a component part of the articles that were the
basis of the certification of the primary firms.



Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers producing
plywood at McKenzie Forest Products, Springfield, Oregon, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 10th day of July, 2003.
/s/ Richard Church
_____________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance