DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,155

CALIFORNIA CEDAR PRODUCTS
MCCLOUD, CALIFORNIA

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 April 5, 2006, in response
to a petition filed by a state agency representative on behalf of
workers of California Cedar Products, McCloud, California. Workers
shipped, received, and maintained building operations and
inventory.
The workers of the subject firm held a previous certification,
TA-W-52,268, which expired on July 25, 2005. The subject firm
ceased production of pencil slats in 2003.
The investigation revealed that California Cedar Products,
McCloud, California, does not produce an article within the meaning
of Section 222(a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and (a)(2)(B)(II.A.) 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 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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of California Cedar
Products, McCloud, California 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.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 10th day of May 2006

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