DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,924

BOISE CASCADE, LLC
WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
LA GRANDE LUMBER MILL
LA GRANDE, OREGON

TA-W-63,924A

BOISE CASCADE, LLC
WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
LA GRANDE PARTICLEBOARD
LA GRANDE, OREGON

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

On November 14, 2008, the Department issued an Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application on Reconsideration applicable
to workers and former workers of the subject firm. The notice
was published in the Federal Register on November 25, 2008 (73 FR
71693).
The previous investigation initiated on August 25, 2008,
resulted in a negative determination issued on October 1, 2008,
was based on the finding that imports of softwood lumber and
particleboard did not contribute importantly to worker
separations at the subject firm and no shift in production to a
foreign source occurred. The denial notice was published in the
Federal Register on October 20, 2008 (73 FR 62323).
On reconsideration, the Department requested an additional
list of customers of the subject firm and conducted a customer
survey to determine whether imports of lumber and particleboard
negatively impacted employment at the subject firms.
Upon further investigation, after receiving the customer
list it was determined that Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products
Division, La Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924)
supplied component parts for window and door frames and a loss of
business with a manufacturer of window and door frames whose
workers were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance contributed importantly to the separation or threat of
separation of workers at Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products
Division, La Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924).
Furthermore, the survey of the major declining customers of
Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande
Particleboard, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924A) revealed that the
major declining customer increased its reliance on imports of
particleboard while decreasing purchases from the subject firm
from 2006 to 2007 and during January through August 2008 over the
corresponding 2007 period.
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 additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I determine that workers of Boise Cascade, LLC,
Wood Products Division, La Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande, Oregon
(TA-W-63,924), qualify as adversely affected secondary workers
under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and that
an increased reliance on imports of articles like or directly
competitive with those produced at Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood
Products Division, La Grande Particleboard, La Grande, Oregon
(TA-W-63,924A), contributed importantly to the declines in sales
or production and to the total or partial separation of workers
at the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division,
La Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924), and
all workers of Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division,
La Grande Particleboard, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924A),
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after August 20, 2007, through two years from the date of
this 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 in Washington, D.C. this 26th day of January 2009.

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

4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,924
BOISE CASCADE, LLC.
WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
LA GRANDE LUMBER MILL
LA GRANDE, OREGON

TA-W-63,924A
BOISE CASCADE, LLC.
WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
LA GRANDE PARTICLEBOARD
LA GRANDE, OREGON

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 on August 25, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by the AFL-CIO on behalf of workers at Boise
Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande Lumber Mill, La
Grande Oregon (TA-W-63,924) and Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products
Division, La Grande Particleboard, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-
63,924A).
Workers at the La Grande Lumber Mill (TA-W-63,924) are engaged
in production of softwood lumber.
Workers at La Grande Particleboard (TA-W-63,924A) are engaged
in the production of particleboard.
The Department has determined that in the case of Boise
Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande Lumber Mill, La
Grande Oregon (TA-W-63,924) that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
The La Grade Lumber Mill did not import softwood lumber, nor
did it shift a significant portion of production to a foreign
country during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s primary
declining customers regarding their purchases of softwood lumber
during 2006, 2007 and January through August 2008. The survey
revealed customers decreased imports during the relevant period.
United States aggregate imports of softwood lumber were very
low and decreasing both absolutely and relative to US shipments in
2007 compared with 2006.
It is further determined that with respect to workers of Boise
Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande Particleboard, La
Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924A) that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
La Grande Particleboard did not import particleboard, nor did
it shift a significant portion of production to a foreign country
during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s primary
declining customers regarding their purchases of particleboard
during 2006, 2007 and January through August 2008. The survey
revealed customers did not import during the relevant period.
The petitioner also requested consideration of alternative
trade adjustment assistance for workers at each of the subject firm
locations covered by the petition.
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 of Boise Cascade, LLC at the following subdivisions are
denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be
certified eligible for ATAA: Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products
Division, La Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande Oregon (TA-W-63,924) and
Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande
Particleboard, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924A).

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Boise Cascade, LLC,
Wood Products Division, La Grande Lumber Mill, La Grande Oregon
(TA-W-63,924) and Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La
Grande Particleboard, La Grande, Oregon (TA-W-63,924A) 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 1st day of October 2008


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






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