DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,981

GEORGIA PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS SOUTH, LLC
WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
PLYWOOD PLANT
SPRINGHILL, LOUISIANA

TA-W-62,981A

GEORGIA PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS SOUTH, LLC
WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
LUMBER OPERATIONS
SPRINGHILL, LOUISIANA

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 group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on February 14, 2008, and filed by the State of Louisiana
on behalf of workers at Georgia Pacific Wood Products South, LLC,
Wood Products Division, Plywood Plant, Springhill, Louisiana (TA-W-
62,981) and Georgia Pacific Wood Products South, LLC, Wood Products
Division, Lumber Operations, Springhill, Louisiana (TA-W-62,981A).
The workers produce Southern pine plywood and Southern pine lumber,
respectively. The workers are separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
increase its imports of Southern pine plywood or Southern pine
lumber from 2006 to 2007, nor during the period January through
March 2008 compared to the corresponding period in 2007.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject firm
did not shift production of its Southern pine plywood or Southern
pine lumber abroad during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of Southern pine
plywood (and any other products like or directly competitive with
those products) during 2006 and 2007 and during January through
March 2008 as compared with the same period of the previous year.
That survey revealed no overall increase in imports of Southern
pine plywood (and other like and directly competitive products)
during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor also surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of Southern pine
lumber during 2006 and 2007 and during January through March 2008
as compared with the same period of the previous year. That survey
revealed no increase in imports of Southern pine lumber 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 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, I determine that workers of Georgia
Pacific Wood Products South, LLC, Wood Products Division, Plywood
Plant, Springhill, Louisiana (TA-W-62,981) and Georgia Pacific Wood
Products South, LLC, Wood Products Division, Lumber Operations,
Springhill, Louisiana (TA-W-62,981A), 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 11th day of June 2008.

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