DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,295

TEMPLE INLAND - HOPE
FOREST PRODUCTS DIVISION
HOPE, ARKANSAS

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), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on October 12, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Temple Inland - Hope, Forest Products
Division, Hope, Arkansas. The workers produce industrial grade
particleboard.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
supplied industrial grade particleboard used in the production of
ready to assemble furniture to a manufacturer whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
contributed importantly to workers' separations or threat of
workers separations at Temple Inland - Hope, Forest Products
Division, Hope, Arkansas during the relevant period.
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 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 workers of Temple Inland - Hope,
Forest Products Division, Hope, Arkansas, qualify as adversely
affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Temple Inland - Hope, Forest Products
Division, Hope, Arkansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 11, 2006 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 eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 16th day of November 2007.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance