DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,552

GAS TRANSMISSION SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
A DIVISION OF THE TRANSCANADA CORPORATION
SANDPOINT, IDAHO

Negative Determinations 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 July 14, 2005, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Gas Transmission
Service Company, LLC, a division of the TransCanada Corporation,
Sandpoint, Idaho. The workers are engaged in employment related to
the maintenance of gas pipelines and administrative support.
The investigation revealed that Gas Transmission Service
Company, LLC, a division of the TransCanada Corporation, Sandpoint,
Idaho, does 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 maintenance
and administrative support workers described above 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 this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Gas Transmission
Service Company, LLC, a division of the TransCanada Corporation,
Sandpoint, Idaho, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 5th day of August 2005

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