[Federal Register: November 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 228)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-63,924; TA-W-63,924A]

 
Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La Grande Lumber 
Mill, La Grande, OR; Boise Cascade, LLC, Wood Products Division, La 
Grande Particleboard, La Grande, OR; Notice of Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration

    By application postmarked October 24, 2008, the Oregon AFL-CIO 
Labor Liaison and the Carpenter's Industrial Council requested 
administrative reconsideration of the negative determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and 
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA) applicable to workers 
and former workers of the subject firm. The determination was issued on 
October 1, 2008. The Notice of Determination was published in the 
Federal Register on October 20, 2008 (73 FR 62323).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
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 of production to a foreign source occurred.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
additional information pertaining to imports of softwood lumber and 
particleboard and requested further investigation concerning the import 
impact on production at the subject firm.
    The Department has carefully reviewed the request for 
reconsideration and the existing record and has determined that the 
Department will conduct further investigation to determine if the 
workers meet the eligibility requirements of the Trade Act of 1974.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the application, I conclude that the claim 
is of sufficient weight to justify reconsideration of the U.S. 
Department of Labor's prior decision. The application is, therefore, 
granted.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 14th day of November 2008.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E8-27933 Filed 11-24-08; 8:45 am]

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