DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,265
GAS TRANSMISSION SERVICE COMPANY
A DIVISION OF THE TRANSCANADA CORPORATION
PORTLAND, OREGON

TA-W-57,265A
GAS TRANSMISSION SERVICE COMPANY
A DIVISION OF THE TRANSCANADA CORPORATION
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON

TA-W-57,265B
GAS TRANSMISSION SERVICE COMPANY
A DIVISION OF THE TRANSCANADA CORPORATION
REDMOND, OREGON

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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 investigation was initiated on May 27, 2005 in response to
a petition filed by a state workforce agent on behalf of workers of
Gas Transmission Service Company, a division of the TransCanada
Corporation, Portland, Oregon, Klamath Falls, Oregon and Redmond,
Oregon. The workers at the Portland facility are engaged in a
variety of general corporate functions including accounting,
engineering, procurement, and information technology. The workers
at both the Klamath Falls and Redmond facilities are engaged in the
maintenance of natural gas pipelines.
The investigation revealed that the subject facilities do not
produce an article within the meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act. In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and there must be a relationship between
the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The workers of the subject facilities do
not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically and thus the worker group can not be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production of
an article.
In addition, 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 order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Gas Transmission
Service Company, a division of the TransCanada Corporation,
Portland, Oregon (TA-W-57,265); Klamath Falls, Oregon (TA-W-
57,265A) and Redmond, Oregon (TA-W-57,265B) are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 24th day of June 2005.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance