DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,122

NORTH PACIFIC PROCESSORS, INC.
CORDOVA, ALASKA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
to Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), 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 October 3, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of North Pacific Processors, Inc., Cordova, Alaska. The
workers at the subject firm produced canned salmon.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject facility decreased absolutely during the period of January
through July of 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm did
not import canned salmon or shift production of canned salmon to a
foreign country during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s major
declining customers regarding their purchases of canned salmon.
This survey revealed increases in imports during the period under
investigation.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at the subject
firm 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 North Pacific Processors, Inc., Cordova,
Alaska who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 3, 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, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.”
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of November 2003.


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