DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,322

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS PARTICLEBOARD PLANT
A SUBSIDIARY OF RLC INDUSTRIES
ROSEBURG, OREGON

Negative Determination
on Reconsideration

On April 6, 2005, the Department issued an Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for the
workers and former workers of the subject firm. The Department’s
notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on
April 25, 2005 (70 FR 21251).
The Department initially denied Trade Adjustment Assistance
(TAA) to former workers of Roseburg Forest Products Particleboard
Plant, a Subsidiary of RLC Industries, Roseburg, Oregon, because
sales or production did not decline, and there was no shift in
production from that firm to a foreign country.
The initial investigation revealed that the value of sales
and the quantity of production of particleboard increased in 2004
from 2003 levels and that production did not shift abroad.
In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner, the
Western Council of Industrial Workers, Local 2949, alleged that
production declined during the fourth quarter of 2004.
During the reconsideration investigation, the Department
requested that Roseburg respond to the petitioner’s allegation.
According to the company officials, the decline in the fourth
quarter of 2004 was a seasonal decline due to difficulties of the
building trades during extremely harsh winter conditions.
Further, workers who were separated during the building lull are
usually re-hired once the orders increase as the weather becomes
less inclement.
The Department conducts its petition investigations for the
one year period prior to the date of the petition. In this case
the petition for workers of Roseburg Forest Products
Particleboard Plant, Roseburg, Oregon, was dated January 11,
2005. Although the company concurs that there was decline in
production during the forth quarter of 2004, during the full year
2004 both sales and production at the subject firm increased.
Conclusion
After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of
negative determination of eligibility to apply for worker
adjustment assistance for workers and former workers of Roseburg
Forest Products, Particleboard Plant, a Subsidiary of RLC
Industries, Roseburg, Oregon.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of May 2005.

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